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Physician Views About Treating Low Back Pain

SpinePublished 1 January 1995
Daniel C. Cherkin, Richard A. Deyo, Kimberly Wheeler, Marcia A. Ciol
Citations515
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.22
SNIP1.48

TL;DR

A lack of consensus among physicians about treatment efficacy for patients with low back pain could be attributable to the absence of clear evidencebsed clinical guidelines, ignorance or rejection of existing scientific evidence, excessive commitment to a particular mode of therapy, or a tendency to discount the efficacy of competing treatments.

Abstract

The lack of consensus among physicians could be attributable to the absence of clear evidence-based clinical guidelines, ignorance or rejection of existing scientific evidence, excessive commitment to a particular mode of therapy, or a tendency to discount the efficacy of competing treatments.

Keywords

Medicine