Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Apr 2011
Health maintenance care in work-related low back pain and its association with disability recurrence.
To compare occurrence of repeated disability episodes across types of health care providers who treat claimants with new episodes of work-related low back pain (LBP). ⋯ In work-related nonspecific LBP, the use of health maintenance care provided by physical therapist or physician services was associated with a higher disability recurrence than in chiropractic services or no treatment.