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- Title
Imaging versus no imaging for low back pain: a systematic review, measuring costs, healthcare utilization and absence from work.
- Authors
Lemmers, G P G; van Lankveld, W; Westert, G P; van der Wees, P J; Staal, J B
- Abstract
Imaging (X-ray, CT and MRI) provides no health benefits for low back pain (LBP) patients and is not recommended in clinical practice guidelines. Whether imaging leads to increased costs, healthcare utilization or absence from work is unclear. Therefore, this study systematically reviews if imaging in patients with LBP leads to an increase in these outcomes.
- Publication
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 5, p937
- ISSN
1432-0932
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00586-019-05918-1