The Spine Journal
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2008

A supermarket approach to the evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain

  • Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of California, LA, USA
    • Research Division, Southern California University of Health Sciences, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 801 North Tustin, Suite 202, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA. Tel.: (714) 547-0443.
    • ,
  • Simon Dagenais, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • CAM Research Institute, Irvine, CA, USA

Received 25 September 2007 ,Accepted 13 October 2007.

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 Nothing of value received from a commercial entity related to this manuscript. SD received a grant from NCMIC Foundation, a nonprofit research organization, for partial support of this work.

PII: S1529-9430(07)00902-3

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.10.009

The Spine Journal
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2008

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