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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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The influence of socio-demographic characteristics on consultation for back pain—a review of the literature

TL;DR: There is little evidence to support the common wisdom that socio-demographic characteristics impact on help-seeking in the context of back pain, according to a review of the literature using systematic methods.
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A qualitative investigation of Red Flags for serious spinal pathology

TL;DR: There is an almost overwhelming profusion of Red lags, and the recently published clinical guidelines for the physotherapy management of persistent low back pain state that there is wide variation in the efinition of a Red Flag.

Acute low back pain: Beyond drug therapies

Peter O'Sullivan, +1 more
TL;DR: During adolescence there is an exponential increase in the reporting of LBP, almost reaching the adult rate at the age of 17 years, with a concurrent increase in disability, care seeking and activity avoidance associated with the disorder.
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Are low levels of low back pain intensity and disability associated with reduced well-being in community-based women?

TL;DR: It is found that it is not only women with high pain intensity and disability who experience reduced well-being, but also those with low levels of pain and disability.
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