British Medical JournalJune 2, 1990T W Meade, Sandra Dyer, Wendy Browne, Joy Townsend, A 0 FrankFROM ABSTRACTObjectiveTo compare chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment for managing low back pain of mechanical origin.DesignRandomised controlled trial. Allocation to chiropractic or hospital management by minimization to establish groups for analysis of results according to initial referral clinic, length of [..]
Canadian Family PhysicianMarch 1985, Vol. 31, pp. 535-540H. Kirkaldy-Willis and J. D. CassidyDr. Kirkaldy-Willis is a Professor Emeritus of Orthopedics and director of the Low-Back Pain Clinic at the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada.FROM ABSTRACT:Spinal manipulation, one of the oldest forms of therapy for back pain, has mostly been practiced outside of the medical profession.Over the [..]
On January 28, 1993, the New England Journal of Medicine published:Unconventional Medicine in the United States Prevalence, Costs, and Patterns of UseKey Points from the abstract of this article include:1) Many people use unconventional therapies for health problems, but the extent of this use and the costs are not known. The authors conducted a national survey [..]
In this months issue we are going to detail the most recent, comprehensive, and authoritative Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain.These guidelines were published in the October 2007 issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.An extensive panel of remarkably qualified experts constructed these clinical practice guidelines.These experts performed a review [..]
