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Keywords:

chronic disease [35]
evidence-based medicine [150]
low back pain [524]

Abstract:

This special focus issue has presented information on 24 categories of treatments that are widely prescribed for the management of chronic low back pain (CLBP) without surgery, and also provided an overview of commonly available surgical options. The authors of each of these papers have spent a great deal of time and effort discussing these treatment approaches and providing their interpretation of the evidence that is available to justify their use. The fact that there are 25 categories of treatment presented in this special focus issue, each of which has multiple subcategories, is a testament to the fact that no single approach has yet been able to demonstrate its definitive superiority. This situation makes it very challenging for clinicians, policy makers, insurers, and patients to make decisions regarding which treatment is the most appropriate for CLBP.