Citation
(2009), "Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 14 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/cgij.2009.24814cae.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 14, Issue 3
R. Chou, R. Fu, J.A. Carrino and R.A. Deyo,Lancet,2009,No. 373,pp. 463-72
This review found that immediate, routine lumbar imaging does not improve pain, function or other clinical outcomes in patients with low-back pain with no indication of a serious underlying condition. The authors recommended that routine immediate lumbar imaging should not be performed in such patients. This was a well-conducted review and the authors’ conclusions are likely to be reliable.