Objectives Physicians often refer patients with musculoskeletal conditions to physical
therapy. However, it is unclear to what extent physical therapists' treatment choices align …

This descriptive review provides a summary of the prevalence, activity limitation (disability),
care-seeking, natural history and clinical course, treatment outcome, and costs of low back …

Risk factors of low back pain are multifactorial, with many possible etiologies. Multiple risk
factors of low back pain and lower-extremity pain include physical factors, social …

Background and Methods There are few data on the relative effectiveness and costs of
treatments for low back pain. We randomly assigned 321 adults with low back pain that …

Study Design. Multicentered randomized controlled trial. Objectives. To determine if
previously validated low back pain (LBP) subgroups respond differently to contrasting …

Study Design. The psychometric properties and clinical use of a battery of physical
performance measures were tested on 44 patients with low back pain and 48 healthy, pain …

Occupational back pain is a widespread self-limited but recurring disease that generates
major societal costs and impairs workplace productivity. However, this societal impact is …

Study Design. A randomized clinical trial was conducted. Objective. To compare the
effectiveness of classification-based physical therapy with that of therapy based on clinical …

A systematic review of randomised clinical trials was conducted to investigate the efficacy of
McKenzie therapy in the treatment of spinal pain. Databases searched included DARE …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the McKenzie method compared to
manual therapy in the management of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) …