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Non-specific low back pain

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Two treatment strategies are currently used, a stepped approach beginning with more simple care that is progressed if the patient does not respond, and the use of simple risk prediction methods to individualise the amount and type of care provided.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2017-02-18. It has received 1687 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Low back pain & Disease burden.

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[The efficacy of meloxicam in acute back pain: results of an observational non-interventional multicenter study]

TL;DR: Meloxicam in a dose of 15 mg/day is an effective and safe therapy for the treatment of acute NSBP and the analgesic effect of NSAIDs is higher in young patients, patients with the first episode of NBC and a good response to NSAIDs in history.
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Edifying the Focal Factors Influencing Mesenchymal Stem Cells by the Microenvironment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Low Back Pain

TL;DR: Clinical usage of MSCs ought to take into consideration these microenvironment clues during treatment of patients with IVDD, as it is still not clear which factors, if any, are essential for effective and efficient MSC survival, proliferation, and differentiation.
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Mud Therapy Combined with Core Exercise for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Pilot, Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Moor-heat intervention combined with core exercise is effective in relieving pain and improving motor function in patients with chronic nonspecific LBP.
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Systematic review of guideline-recommended medications prescribed for treatment of low back pain

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors identify and descriptively compare medication recommendations among low back pain (LBP) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) using PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, Index to Chiropractic Literature, AMED, CINAHL, and PEDro.
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A Biomechanical Waist Comfort Model for Manual Material Lifting.

TL;DR: The developed waist comfort model can be applied to evaluate work risk, to adjust working intensity and powered exoskeleton design, aiming to decrease the prevalence of LBP.
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TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper, the authors estimated the quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries between 1990 and 2013.
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CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016

TL;DR: This guideline is intended to improve communication about benefits and risks of opioids for chronic pain, improve safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy.
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CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.

TL;DR: This guideline is intended to improve communication between clinicians and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder, overdose, and death.
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Grading the severity of chronic pain.

TL;DR: A Guttman scale analysis showed that pain intensity and disability measures formed a reliable hierarchical scale and may be useful when a brief ordinal measure of global pain severity is required.
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