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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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Prevalence of low back pain and its effect on health-related quality of life in adolescents.

TL;DR: Low back pain in adolescents is a prevalent symptom with overall low associated disability and little effect on health-related quality of life and a subset of adolescents in whom LBP is associated with whole-body pain report significant impairment and deserve more attention.
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Epidural Corticosteroid Injections for Radiculopathy and Spinal Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

TL;DR: The effectiveness and harms of epidural corticosteroid injections for radiculopathy or spinal stenosis are focused on, and whether effectiveness estimates vary according to technical factors, patient characteristics, or type of placebo comparator.
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Low back pain symptoms show a similar pattern of improvement following a wide range of primary care treatments: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials

TL;DR: NSLBP symptoms seem to improve in a similar pattern in clinical trials following a wide variety of active as well as inactive treatments, and it is important to explore factors other than the treatment, that might influence symptom improvement.
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Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trial

TL;DR: A pre-planned secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy in 239 patients presenting to general practice clinics for acute, non-specific, low back pain found the clinical prediction rule performed no better than chance in identifying patients most likely to respond to spinal manipulation.
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Barriers to primary care clinician adherence to clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain : a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies

TL;DR: A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies that have explored primary care clinicians’ perceptions and beliefs about guidelines for LBP, including perceived enablers and barriers to guideline adherence is performed.
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