Open AccessEffect of Intensive Patient Education vs Placebo Patient Education on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain
Author(s) -
Adrian C. Traeger,
Hopin Lee,
Markus Hübscher,
Ian Skinner,
G. Lorimer Moseley,
Michael K. Nicholas,
Nicholas Henschke,
Kathryn M. Refshauge,
Fiona Blyth,
Chris J. Main,
Julia M. Hush,
Serigne Lo,
James H. McAuley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.3376
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , placebo , biopsychosocial model , low back pain , randomized controlled trial , patient education , back pain , family medicine , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology
Many patients with acute low back pain do not recover with basic first-line care (advice, reassurance, and simple analgesia, if necessary). It is unclear whether intensive patient education improves clinical outcomes for those patients already receiving first-line care.
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