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The importance of scrutinising a disease-free or an episode-free period when investigating the causes of LBP.
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Why is it important?
Different types of LBP may have different causes, and that indicates different preventative measures and prognosis. Researchers need to be more specific on the type of LBP they are investigating.
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Failure to define low back pain, therefore, renders the research on causality unsuitable.
Dr Emad M Ardakani
Murdoch University
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This page is a summary of: Failure to define low back pain as a disease or an episode renders research on causality unsuitable: results of a systematic review, Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12998-017-0172-9.
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