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Chapter 4 European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain

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Airaksinen, O., Brox, J. I., Cedraschi, C., Hildebrandt, J., Klaber-Moffett, J., Kovacs, F., Mannion, A. F., Reis, S. +4 more·2006·European Spine Journal
DOI 10.1007/s00586-006-1072-1PMC PMC3454542
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  • Paracetamol is indicated for mild-to-moderate pain, including headaches, cold, flu, muscle aches, sprains, backache (including low back pain), dysmenorrhea, minor arthritis pain, and toothaches.

    “Paracetamol is indicated for mild-to-moderate pain, such as that caused by headaches, cold, flu, muscle aches, sprains, backache (including low back pain) (4), dysmenorrhea, minor arthritis pain, toothaches.”

    From Paracetamol: New Vistas of an Old Drug (2006) · cites this paper as [4]

    Citation (4) is attached to backache, including low back pain, rather than to the other listed conditions. The Subjects (indications) section mentions paracetamol but says no trials compared it with NSAIDs in chronic low back pain; the Pharmacological approaches section calls for trials of its effectiveness. Neither passage establishes that paracetamol is indicated for backache or low back pain. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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Airaksinen, O., Brox, J. I., Cedraschi, C., Hildebrandt, J., Klaber-Moffett, J., Kovacs, F., Mannion, A. F., Reis, S., Staal, J. B., Ursin, H., Zanoli, G., & On behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic Low Back Pain
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  • Northumbria University (GB)
  • University of Bergen (NO)
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Venue
European Spine Journal
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-03
Volume
15
Issue
S2
Pages
s192-s300
ISSN
  • 0940-6719 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-0932
DOI
10.1007/s00586-006-1072-1
PMC
PMC3454542
OpenAlex
W1969646198
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431
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42.64
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en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
Keywords
chronic non-specific low back pain, diagnosis, prognostic factors, yellow flags, conservative treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, exercise therapy, multidisciplinary treatment, back school, pharmacotherapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, epidural corticosteroids, radiofrequency denervation, prolotherapy, acupuncture, spinal cord stimulation
MeSH terms
Chronic Disease, Europe, Exercise Therapy, Persons with Disabilities, Disabled Persons, Health Planning Guidelines, Humans, Prognosis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Low Back Pain

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