Low Back Pain

  • Multidisciplinary treatment for chronic low back pain: a randomized, prospective study
    Ane F. Bendix, MD, Tom Bendix, MD, DMSc, Keld Vægter, MD, Christine Lund, PT, Lone Frølund, PhD and Lillian Holm, OT
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1996, 63 (1) 62-69;

    Intensive treatment programs for low back pain are expensive, but can reduce health care, pension, and sick leave costs.

  • Back pain: medical evaluation and therapy
    Daniel J. Mazanec, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 1995, 62 (3) 163-168;

    Most patients with acute low back pain or sciatica improve with conservative therapy, and most require no immediate diagnostic studies beyond a careful history and exam.