Mini-Intervention for Subacute Low Back Pain
SpinePublished 1 March 2003
Kaija Karjalainen, Antti Malmivaara, Timo Pohjolainen, Heikki Hurri, Pertti Mutanen, Pekka Rissanen
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Mini-intervention reduced daily back pain symptoms and sickness absence, improved adaptation to pain and patient satisfaction among patients with subacute low back pain, without increasing health care costs.
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Mini-intervention reduced daily back pain symptoms and sickness absence, improved adaptation to pain and patient satisfaction among patients with subacute low back pain, without increasing health care costs. A work site visit did not increase effectiveness.
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