What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

J Hartvigsen, MJ Hancock, A Kongsted, Q Louw… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-
income countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions

NE Foster, JR Anema, D Cherkin, R Chou, SP Cohen… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Many clinical practice guidelines recommend similar approaches for the assessment and
management of low back pain. Recommendations include use of a biopsychosocial …

Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis

AJ Vickers, AM Cronin, AC Maschino… - Archives of internal …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Background Although acupuncture is widely used for chronic pain, there remains
considerable controversy as to its value. We aimed to determine the effect size of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of stratified primary care management for low back pain with current best practice (STarT Back): a randomised controlled trial

JC Hill, DGT Whitehurst, M Lewis, S Bryan, KM Dunn… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Back pain remains a challenge for primary care internationally. One model that
has not been tested is stratification of the management according to the patient's prognosis …

A primary care back pain screening tool: identifying patient subgroups for initial treatment

JC Hill, KM Dunn, M Lewis, R Mullis… - Arthritis Care & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop and validate a tool that screens for back pain prognostic indicators
relevant to initial decision making in primary care. Methods The setting was UK primary care …

A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

CE Dionne, KM Dunn, PR Croft, AL Nachemson… - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A modified Delphi study conducted with 28 experts in back pain research from
12 countries. Objective. To identify standardized definitions of low back pain that could be …

Low back pain: a call for action

R Buchbinder, M van Tulder, B Öberg, LM Costa… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. 1 Because these population shifts …

[HTML][HTML] Acupuncture for chronic pain: update of an individual patient data meta-analysis

AJ Vickers, EA Vertosick, G Lewith, H MacPherson… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite wide use in clinical practice, acupuncture remains a controversial treatment for
chronic pain. Our objective was to update an individual patient data meta-analysis to …

Interrater reliability of algometry in measuring pressure pain thresholds in healthy humans, using multiple raters

LS Chesterton, J Sim, CC Wright… - The Clinical journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate interrater reliability using 5 newly trained observers in the assessment
of pressure pain threshold (PPT) using a fixed-angle algometer. Methods The study design …

Interventions to improve adherence to exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults

JL Jordan, MA Holden, EEJ Mason… - Cochrane Database of …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is a major health problem, accounting for
approximately one‐quarter of general practice (GP) consultations in the United Kingdom …