Background: A 2007 American College of Physicians guideline addressed nonpharmacologic
treatment options for low back pain. New evidence is now available. Purpose: To …

Background: A 2007 American College of Physicians guideline addressed pharmacologic
options for low back pain. New evidence and medications have now become available. …

When a difference in an outcome (eg, pain) between exposures (eg, treatment groups) is
observed, one needs to consider whether the effect is truly because of exposure or if alternate …

Study Design: Guideline development. Objectives: The objective of this study is to develop
guidelines that outline how to best manage (1) patients with mild, moderate, and severe …

… Skelly, Ph.D., MPH, Roger Chou, MD, Joseph R. Dettori, Ph.… Skelly AC, Chou R, Dettori
JR, Turner JA, Friedly JL, Rundell SD, Fu R, Brodt ED, Wasson N, Kantner S, Ferguson AJR …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To systematically search for critically appraise
and summarize studies that (1) evaluated the association between degenerative magnetic …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To review the literature on proximal junctional
kyphosis (PJK) as a specific form for proximal adjacent segment pathology and report on the …

Objectives Many interventions are available to manage chronic pain; understanding the
durability of treatment effects may assist with treatment selection. We sought to assess which …

Objective: To develop recommendations on the timing of surgical decompression in patients
with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and central cord syndrome. Methods: A systematic …

… Chou R, Deyo R, Friedly J, Skelly A, Hashimoto R, Weimer M, Fu R, Dana T, Kraegel P,
Griffin J, Grusing S, Brodt E. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain. Comparative …