Articles: low-back-pain.
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Acute low back pain is commonly encountered in primary care practice but the specific cause often cannot be identified. This ailment has a benign course in 90 percent of patients. Recurrences and functional limitations can be minimized with appropriate conservative management, including medications, physical therapy modalities, exercise and patient education. ⋯ Surgical evaluation is also indicated in patients with worsening neurologic deficits or intractable pain that is resistant to conservative treatment. The current recommendation is two or three days of bed rest for patients with acute radiculopathy. The treatment plan should be reassessed in patients who do not return to normal activity within four to six weeks.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Bipolar permanent magnets for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a pilot study.
Chronic low back pain is one of the most prevalent and costly medical conditions in the United States. Permanent magnets have become a popular treatment for various musculoskeletal conditions, including low back pain, despite little scientific support for therapeutic benefit. ⋯ Application of 1 variety of permanent magnet had no effect on our small group of subjects with chronic low back pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Efficacy of tramadol in treatment of chronic low back pain.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tramadol in the treatment of chronic low back pain. ⋯ Among patients who tolerated it well, tramadol was effective for the treatment of chronic low back pain.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Mar 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialCost-minimisation analysis of three conservative treatment programmes in 180 patients sick-listed for acute low-back pain.
To perform a cost-minimization analysis of three conservative treatment regimes for acute low-back pain (LBP). ⋯ With respect to total costs, the findings were similar between the three treatment programmes. The GPP had the lowest direct costs. It is not possible to conclude which treatment programme is to be recommended as a least cost alternative. The strong effect of indirect costs on the total cost stresses that further studies should focus on methods of shortening sick-leave.