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Welcome to this issue of Spinal Columns: Official Newsletter of CANSpine. This month focuses on the ways researchers document musculoskeletal conditions across time and visual space. Topics examine how visual body diagrams capture patient-reported symptoms, alongside efforts to follow how adults with ongoing neck and thoracic pain experience their physical functioning throughout the course of a year.
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How do people with neck and upper back pain experience physical functioning over time?
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Neck and thoracic, or middle back, pain affects daily life, yet how people with this pain experience physical functioning over time is poorly understood. Researchers will interview adults with ongoing neck or thoracic pain at three and twelve months after joining a spine rehabilitation registry.
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Begum, R., El Chamaa, A., Parikh, P., Walton, D. M., & Rushton, A. (2026). An interpretive description of patients’ experiences of physical functioning in neck and thoracic pain over time: protocol for a prospective longitudinal qualitative study. BMJ Open, 16(8), e120001. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120001
 David Walton
Alison Rushton
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How do researchers use drawings of the body to record pain?
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Pain in muscles and joints is a leading cause of disability worldwide, but assessing it consistently remains difficult. Researchers searched six databases to analyze how different studies use visual body maps to record patient-reported pain.
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Eboigbe, U. D., Lawan, A., Rushton, A., & Walton, D. M. (2026). Types, methods, and modes of implementation of pain/symptom maps in musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation: A scoping review. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 86, 103664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2026.103664
David Walton
Alison Rushton
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CANSpine
Faculty of Health Science, School of Physical Therapy, Western University
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1201 Western Rd., London, ON N6G 1H1, Canada
canspinear@uwo.ca
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Some components of this newsletter were generated using AI.
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