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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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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview

TL;DR: Some differences are identified compared to the previous overview regarding the recommendations for assessment of psychosocial factors, the use of some medications as well as an increasing amount of information regarding the types of exercise, mode of delivery, acupuncture, herbal medicines, and invasive treatments.
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Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions

TL;DR: Nociplastic pain this paper is a third category of pain that is mechanistically distinct from nociceptive pain, which is caused by ongoing inflammation and damage of tissues, and neuropathic pain, caused by nerve damage.
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Development of a short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire.

TL;DR: The short form of the ÖMSPQ is appropriate for clinical and research purposes, since it is nearly as accurate as the longer version.
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Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of lessons in the Alexander technique, massage therapy, and advice from a doctor to take exercise (exercise prescription) along with nurse delivered behavioural counselling for patients with chronic or recurrent low back pain.
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Clinical trial of intensive muscle training for chronic low back pain.

TL;DR: 105 patients who had chronic low back pain without clinical signs of lumbar nerve root compression or radiological evidence of spondylolysis or osteomalacia were randomised to three treatments, which consistently favoured intensive exercise, which had no adverse effects.
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Outcome assessment in low back pain: how low can you go?

TL;DR: The present study examined the psychometric characteristics of a “core-set” of six individual questions (on pain, function, symptom-specific well-being, work disability, social disability and satisfaction) for use in low back pain (LBP) outcome assessment and recommends the widespread and consistent use of the core-set items and their composite score index to promote standardisation of outcome measurements.
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Management of chronic low back pain.

TL;DR: While conventional investigations do not reveal the cause of pain, joint blocks and discography can identify zygapophysial joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain (in about 20%) and internal disc disruption (in over 40%).
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