Overviews and Systematic Reviews on Low Back Pain
Authors: Roger Chou, Paul Shekelle, Amir Qaseem, Douglas K. Owens
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2008)

Letters20 May 2008Overviews and Systematic Reviews on Low Back PainRoger Chou, MD, Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD, Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MSRoger Chou, MDFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239; Veterans Affairs Health Care System and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.Search for more papers by this author, Paul Shekelle, MD, PhDFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239; Veterans Affairs Health Care System and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.Search for more papers by this author, Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHAFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239; Veterans Affairs Health Care System and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.Search for more papers by this author, and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MSFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239; Veterans Affairs Health Care System and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-148-10-200805200-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We thank the authors of the letters for their comments on our low back pain guideline (1) and evidence reviews (2, 3). Dr. Bjordal and colleagues note some methodological concerns with our review on medications for acute and chronic low back pain. To clarify, we performed a systematic review of a broad range of systematic reviews and included past systematic reviews when they were available and of sufficient quality. 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[PMID: 16931644] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Roger Chou, MD; Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD; Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA; Douglas K. Owens, MD, MSAffiliations: From Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239; Veterans Affairs Health Care System and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoHow Quickly Do Systematic Reviews Go Out of Date? A Survival Analysis Kaveh G. Shojania , Margaret Sampson , Mohammed T. Ansari , Jun Ji , Steve Doucette , and David Moher Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society Roger Chou , Amir Qaseem , Vincenza Snow , Donald Casey , J. Thomas Cross Jr , Paul Shekelle , and Douglas K. 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