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Prescribing Conservative Treatment for Low Back Pain

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As clinicians, prescribing conservative treatment is an essential part of our daily activity. Prescriptions are based on knowledge, and evidences are available for the different therapies in LBP. However, evidence is just a measure of the generalizability, or external validity, of the efficacy of a given treatment. In other terms, how well some form of treatment performs for an “average patient” or a group of patients, a measure usually defined within the frame of a scientific study. In an era of limited healthcare resources, all our patients would be ideally “average,” and treatments would be evidence-based. Only treatments demonstrated to be effective would be considered and used for LBP, as for any other condition.

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  2. Algemeen Ziekenhuis Monica, Eeuwfeestkliniek, Harmoniestraat 68, Antwerpen, 2018, Belgium

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  3. Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery, Sahlgrenska Univ.Hospital/Sahlgrenska, Göteborg, 413 45, Sweden

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Balagué, F., Dudler, J. (2010). Prescribing Conservative Treatment for Low Back Pain. In: Szpalski, M., Gunzburg, R., Rydevik, B., Le Huec, JC., Mayer, H. (eds) Surgery for Low Back Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04547-9_10

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