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Evidence-Based Reports
- Medium firm mattresses reduced pain related disability more than firm mattresses in chronic, non-specific low back pain. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005
- Lumbar fusion did not differ from cognitive therapy plus exercise for reducing disability and pain in chronic low back pain. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005
- Does acupuncture reduce pain in adults with acute or chronic low back pain? Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006
- Physiotherapy, aerobics, and training devices reduced pain intensity and frequency in chronic low back pain. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2002
- Review: intensive multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation reduces pain and improves function in chronic low back pain. Evidence-Based Nursing (Requires free registration), 2002
- Spinal manipulation for chronic (long-term) low back pain. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2004
Clinical Guidelines
- Low back pain. PRODIGY, 2005
- Adult low back pain. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, 2006
- Management of chronic low back pain. eMJA, 2004
Systematic Reviews
- Percutaneous disc decompression using coblation for lower back pain. NICE, 2006
- Percutaneous intradiscal electrothermal therapy for lower back pain. NICE, 2004
- Percutaneous intradiscal radiofrequency thermocoagulation for lower back pain. NICE, 2004
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2005 View review OR Can you answer this related question for extra CPD?
- COX-2 inhibitors (etoricoxib) for the treatment of non-malignant chronic low back pain. Health Technology Assessment, 2005
- Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain. Health Technology Assessment, 2005
- Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2004
- Prolotherapy injections for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2004
- Exercise and chronic low back pain: what works? DARE, 2004 View review OR Can you answer this related question for extra CPD?
- Cost-effectiveness of medical and chiropractic care for acute and chronic low back pain. NHS EED, 2005
Recent articles in core journals
- Meta-analysis of psychological interventions for chronic low back pain. Health Psychology, 2007 View review OR Can you answer this related question for extra CPD?
- Comparing yoga, exercise, and a self-care book for chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005
- Systematic review: strategies for using exercise therapy to improve outcomes in chronic low back pain. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005
- Multidisciplinary group rehabilitation versus individual physiotherapy for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized trial. Spine, 2006
- Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial. BMJ, 2005
- Surgical stabilisation of the spine compared with a programme of intensive rehabilitation for the management of patients with chronic low back pain: cost utility analysis based on a randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 2005
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