Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions

The Lancet

Volumn 391, Issue 10137, 2018, Pages 2368-2383

  Foster, Nadine E ^a   Anema, Johannes R ^b   Cherkin, Dan ^c   Chou, Roger ^d   Cohen, Steven P ^e,f   Gross, Douglas P ^g   Ferreira, Paulo H ^h   Fritz, Julie M ⁱ   Koes, Bart W ^j   Peul, Wilco ^k   Turner, Judith A ^l   Maher, Chris G ^m,n   Buchbinder, Rachelle ⁿ   Hartvigsen, Jan ⁿ   Underwood, Martin ⁿ   van Tulder, Maurits ⁿ   Menezes Costa, Lucíola ⁿ   Croft, Peter ⁿ   Ferreira, Manuela ⁿ   Genevay, Stéphane ⁿ   Hancock, Mark J ⁿ   Hoy, Damian ⁿ   Karppinen, Jaro ⁿ   Kongsted, Alice ⁿ   Louw, Quinette ⁿ   Öberg, Birgitta ⁿ   Pransky, Glenn ⁿ   Schoene, Mark ⁿ   Sieper, Joachim ⁿ   Smeets, Rob J ⁿ   Woolf, Anthony ⁿ   more..

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁿ NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPENSATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISCECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MASSAGE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MINDFULNESS; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REST; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MANIPULATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORKPLACE; YOGA; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 85044127957     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30489-6     Document Type: Review

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