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Non-specific low back pain

Christopher G. Maher, +3 more
- 18 Feb 2017 - 
- Vol. 389, Iss: 10070, pp 736-747
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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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What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

Jan Hartvigsen, +31 more
- 09 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: Intensified research efforts and global initiatives are clearly needed to address the burden of low back pain as a public health problem, where health and other systems are often fragile and not equipped to cope with this growing burden.
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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview

Crystian B. Oliveira, +8 more
- 03 Jul 2018 - 
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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Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Ai-Min Wu, +12 more
- 13 Mar 2020 - 
TL;DR: Globally, LBP is the leading global cause of YLDs and greater attention is urgently needed to mitigate this increasing burden and the impact it is having on health and social systems.
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Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions

Mary Ann Fitzcharles, +6 more
- 29 May 2021 - 
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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Core outcome domains for clinical trials in non-specific low back pain

Alessandro Chiarotto, +19 more
- 05 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: Overall consensus was reached for the inclusion of three domains in this COS: ‘physical functioning’, ‘pain intensity” and ‘health-related quality of life’ and the domain ‘number of deaths’.
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