Objective To assess the long term effects of multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation
for patients with chronic low back pain. Design Systematic review and random effects meta …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is responsible for considerable personal suffering
worldwide. Those with persistent disabling symptoms also contribute to substantial costs to …

Background Chronic non‐cancer pain, a disabling and distressing condition, is common in
adults. It is a global public health problem and economic burden on health and social care …

Non-specific low back pain has become a major public health problem worldwide. The
lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported to be as high as 84%, and the prevalence of …

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

Randomised controlled trials are considered to be the best method to assess comparative
clinical efficacy and effectiveness, and can be a key source of data for estimating cost …

Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. In the absence of a
classification system for pain syndromes, classification of LBP on the basis of the distribution …

Discogenic low back pain is a serious medical and social problem, and accounts for 26%-
42% of the patients with chronic low back pain. Recent studies found that the pathologic …

Objective To test the equivalence for clinical effectiveness between microdecompression
and laminectomy in patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis. Design Multicentre …

Background The need for cost effectiveness analyses in randomized controlled trials that
compare treatment options is increasing. The selection of the optimal utility measure is …