Acute low back pain improves rapidly, however recovery is not complete and recurrence is common

After an episode of acute low back pain, recurrence is unpredictable and not as common as previously thought.

STUDY DESIGN Inception cohort study. OBJECTIVE To provide the first reliable estimate of the 1-year incidence of recurrence in subjects recently recovered from acute nonspecific low back pain (LBP) and to determine factors predictive of recurrence in 1 year. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous studies provide potentially flawed estimates of recurrence of LBP because they do not restrict the...

Is your client's back pain "rapidly reversible"? Improving low back care at its foundation.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To convey a valuable and greatly misunderstood paradigm for evaluating and treating low back pain (LBP) and its extensive scientific evidence. PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING(S) Low back pain is a highly prevalent and very expensive health dilemma. But by using a paradigm called Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (a.k.a. McKenzie methods), it is now possible to identify a very large...

[Acute low back pain].

A focused history taking and physical examination directed toward uncovering signs that suggest a serious underlying cause of low back pain are crucial. "Red flags" include pain that lasts more than 6 weeks; pain in persons younger than 18 years or older than 50 years; pain that radiates below the knee; a history of major trauma; poor rectal tone; constitutional symptoms; atypical pain (eg, tha...

Acute low back pain.

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.