The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 512-513, June 2010

Clinical practice guidelines versus systematic reviews; which serve as the best basis for evidence-based spine medicine?

  • Michael D. Freeman, PhD, MPH, DC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR 97239, USA
    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 1234 SW 18th Ave., Suite 102, Portland, OR 97205, USA. Tel.: (971) 255-1008; fax: (971) 255-1046.

Received 9 March 2010; accepted 7 April 2010.

COMMENTARY ON: Dagenais S, Tricco AC, Haldeman S. Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines. Spine J 2010;10:514–29 (in this issue).

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(10)00302-5

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.04.006

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  • Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines

    Simon Dagenais, Andrea C. Tricco, Scott Haldeman
    The Spine Journal June 2010 (Vol. 10, Issue 6, Pages 514-529)

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 512-513, June 2010

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