Guideline warfare over interventional therapies for low back pain: Can we raise the level of discourse?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 833-839

  Chou, Roger ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^b   Loeser, John D ^c   Rosenquist, Richard W ^d   Stanos, Steven P ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; Guidelines; interventional therapies; low back pain; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79961209722     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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