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Low Back Pain Evidence in Brief Summaries

The current Summaries are based on searches conducted in August 2009. The Evidence in Brief Summaries were produced using the best, most recently published systematic reviews. (See Methods). Since this evidence is now part of the Guideline for Low Back Pain, there will be no further updates to these Evidence in Brief Summaries.

 Intervention

 Update

 Series One1

 
 Acupuncture  April 2008
 Behavioural Therapy  March 2005 
 Exercise Therapy April 2008
 Opioids August 2007 
 Massage Therapy December 2008
 Muscle Relaxants 
 Prolotherapy Injections August 2007 
 Spinal Manipulative Therapy Revised April 2009
 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulations (TENS) December 2008
  

 Series Two2

 
 Antidepressants 
 Epidural Steroid Injections 
 Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) 
  

 AHFMR Series3

 
 Archived 

1 Series One: Includes reviews that are published in English from 2000 onwards. In these reviews, the definition of chronic pain was explicit, at least 3 months.

2 Series Two: Includes reviews that are published in English from 1990 onwards. In these reviews, the definition of chronic pain varied or was in some cases absent.

3 AHFMR Series: The most recent update was conducted in April 2005.

This page was last updated on June 30, 2010.