Routine scans for low-back pain do not improve outcomes

Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 08:07 in Health & Medicine

Physicians should not immediately order routine scans for low-back pain unless they observe features of a serious underlying condition, researchers in the Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Centre at Oregon Health and Science University report. Their findings are published in this week's edition of the The Lancet...

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