The smallest worthwhile effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: A benefit-harm trade-off study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1397-1404

  Ferreira, Manuela L ^a   Herbert, Robert D ^a   Ferreira, Paulo H ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Ostelo, Raymond W ^b,c   Grotle, Margreth ^d   Barrett, Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Drug therapy; Low back pain; Minimum clinically important difference; Research design; Sufficiently important difference

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STRESS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84886950873     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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