Physician office visits for low back pain: Frequency, clinical evaluation, and treatment patterns from a U.S national survey

Hart LG, Deyo RA, Cherkin DC. Physician office visits for low back pain: Frequency, clinical evaluation, and treatment patterns from a U.S national survey. Spine. 1995 Jan 1;20(1):11–9. PubMed #7709270.

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From the abstract: “There were almost 15 million office visits for ‘mechanical’ low back pain in 1990, ranking this problem fifth as a reason for all physician visits.”

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