Objectives To develop and user-test a patient decision aid providing evidence-based
information for people with chronic low back pain (LBP) and degenerative disc disease …

Background The term nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) is often ambiguously defined and
inconsistently used in scientific literature. Yet, there is limited discussion and reflection on …

Background Diagnostic imaging is commonly used in the management of low back pain
(LBP), with approximately one-quarter of those who present to primary care referred for …

Purposes To propose a new lumbar degenerative staging system using the current
radiological classification system. Methods A cross-sectional analysis of retrospective …

Background During the development of disease-modifying intervertebral disc degeneration
(IDD) drugs, the rat model of IDD is frequently used for disease progression assessment …

Background Low‐value care is the use of substitutive/ineffective/harmful strategies based on
available evidence, and it is considered one of the main contributors to the burden related to …

We thank the Editor-in-Chief for the opportunity to respond to the letter from Kovacs et al
regarding our study. 1 And we thank Kovacs et al for their interest in our work, which is an …

Introduction Approximately 40% of patients with acute low back pain (LBP) develop chronic
low back pain, which significantly increases the risk of poor prognosis. To reduce the risk of …

Background: Lumbar cartilage endplate (CEP) structures show low signal intensity on
conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), making them hard to observe and …

Résumé INTRODUCTION: Les personnes atteintes de lombalgie chronique et présentant un
haut risque de mauvais pronostic sont responsables de la majorité de l'invalidité associée à …