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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48(10):1332-1333; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep214
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Comment on: Analgesic effects of treatments for non-specific low back pain: a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials

Brian J. Sweetman1

1Department of Rheumatology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK

Correspondence to: Brian J. Sweetman, Department of Rheumatology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK. E-mail: brian.sweetman@swansea-tr.wales.nhs.uk

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SIR, Much well-intentioned back pain research seems to have been in vain. The meta-analysis of treatment of non-specific low back pain by Machado et al. [1] serves as an excellent review.

Most importantly, only 76 treatment studies were found suitable . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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