Background and Purpose. Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
is common practice in systematic reviews. However, the reliability of data obtained with most …

Most clinicians ask their patients to rate whether their health condition has improved or
deteriorated over time and then use this information to guide management decisions. Many …

Evidence-based practice involves the use of evidence from systematic reviews and randomised
controlled trials, but the extent of this evidence in physiotherapy has not previously been …

Objective To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of recent
onset low back pain managed in primary care. Design Cohort study with one year follow-…

… Ms Hall, Dr PH Ferreira, and Professor Maher provided writing. Ms Hall, Dr PH Ferreira,
Professor Maher, and Dr ML Ferreira provided data collection and analysis. Professor Maher …

Background: Although low-back pain is a highly prevalent condition, its clinical course remains
uncertain. Our main objective was to systematically review the literature on the clinical …

Practice guidelines recommend various types of exercise and manipulative therapy for chronic
back pain but there have been few head-to-head comparisons of these interventions. We …

Background Non‐specific low back pain (LBP) is a common condition. It is reported to be a
major health and socioeconomic problem associated with work absenteeism, disability and …

Objective To determine the prevalence of serious pathology in patients presenting to
primary care settings with acute low back pain, and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of …

… Ms Macedo, Dr Maher, and Dr Latimer provided concept/idea/research design and data
collection. Ms Macedo and Dr Maher provided writing and data analysis. Ms Macedo, Dr Maher, …