• Most low-back pain with or without radicular pain or neurogenic claudication does not require immediate diagnostic imaging and can be managed in primary care.• All patients …
Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. 1 Because these population shifts …
The 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series, comprising 3 papers written by 31 authors from disparate disciplines and 12 different countries, raised unprecedented awareness of the …
S Clark, R Horton - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
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Background Low back pain (LBP) is a major health problem. Globally it is responsible for the most years lived with disability. The most problematic type of LBP is chronic LBP (pain …
Background Pharmacological interventions are the most used treatment for low back pain (LBP). Use of evidence from systematic reviews of the effects of pharmacological …
Persistent pain is a major public health issue—estimated to affect a quarter of the world's population. Public understanding of persistent pain is based on outdated biomedical …
J Oakman, N Kinsman, AM Briggs - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Maintaining productive employment for people with persistent pain conditions is challenging. This study aims to explore supports—work and non-work—used by employees …
Gordon Waddell described in 2004 that “back pain was a 20th-century medical disaster and the legacy reverberates into the new millennium.” 42 The Global Burden of Diseases Study …