We examined the effect of labelling low back pain (LBP) on beliefs about imaging, surgery, second opinion, seriousness, recovery, work, and physical activities.
This study aimed to develop an evidence map of the quantity of available evidence assessing approaches to manage low back pain, to identify potential redundancies or gaps in the synthesized data, and guide future research focus.
Ho and colleagues’ review of psychological intervention for chronic low back pain shows that we have problems measuring and reporting adverse events in back pain trials testing non-drug interventions.
People aged 60 years and over are more likely to experience incapacitating and persistent episodes of low back pain than younger people. In most cases, no specific cause can be identified, hence the label “non-specific” low back pain, and the person is managed symptomatically. Specific causes [...]
Arthroscopic knee surgery remains a common treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, including for degenerative meniscal tears, despite guidelines strongly recommending against its use. This Cochrane Review is an update of a non‐Cochrane systematic review published in 2017.
Hip fractures are devastating for older people. The incidence of hip fracture declined in Australia by 9.5% between 2006–07 and 2015–16. However, the number of older people with hip fractures is expected to increase as the population ages, particularly among the oldest old (aged 80 years [...]
While in the past paracetamol was almost uniformly recommended in guidelines for low back pain, the evidence that has emerged over the last decade has forced guideline committees to rethink their earlier endorsement. Paracetamol is not an evidence-based treatment for low back pain and should [...]
Previous randomized studies have suggested that there is no short-term difference between the risk of revision following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hemiarthroplasty (HA) for hip fracture in elderly patients. The aim of the present study was to compare the long-term revision rates of primary [...]
Acute low back pain is a common condition, has high burden, and there are evidence-to-practice gaps in the chiropractic and physiotherapy setting for imaging and giving advice to stay active. The aim of this cluster randomised trial was to estimate the effects of a theory- [...]
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of opioids for analgesic therapy for people with osteoarthritis. Systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised, placebo‐controlled trials of opioid therapies for treating the pain of osteoarthritis. The primary outcome was medium term pain relief (six weeks to less than [...]