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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2019

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain.

Sanjog S Pangarkar, Daniel G Kang, Friedhelm Sandbrink, Adam Bevevino, Kirsten Tillisch, Lisa Konitzer, James Sall

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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80citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 162 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanjog S PangarkarUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA. Sanjog.Pangarkar@va.gov.
Daniel G KangUnited States Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA.
Friedhelm SandbrinkUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.
Adam BevevinoUnited States Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA.
Kirsten TillischUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.
Lisa KonitzerUnited States Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA.
James SallUnited States Department of Defense, Washington, DC, USA.
United States Department of Defense · USUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

descriptionIn September 2017, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved the joint Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Diagnosis and Management of Low Back Pain. This CPG was intended to provide healthcare providers a framework by which to evaluate, treat, and manage patients with low back pain (LBP).

methodsThe VA/DoD Evidence-Based Practice Work Group convened a joint VA/DoD guideline development effort that included a multidisciplinary panel of practicing clinician stakeholders and conformed to the Institute of Medicine's tenets for trustworthy clinical practice guidelines. The guideline panel developed key questions in collaboration with the ECRI Institute, which systematically searched and evaluated the literature through September 2016, developed an algorithm, and rated recommendations by using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) system. A patient focus group was also convened to ensure patient values and perspectives were considered when formulating preferences and shared decision making in the guideline. RECOMMENDATIONS: The VA/DOD LBP CPG provides evidence-based recommendations for the diagnostic approach, education and self-care, non-pharmacologic and non-invasive therapy, pharmacologic therapy, dietary supplements, non-surgical invasive therapy, and team approach to treatment of low back pain.

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HumansLow Back PainMilitary PersonnelPractice Guidelines as TopicUnited StatesUnited States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransacute low back painchronic back painlumbagomilitaryradiculopathysciaticaVeteran

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PMID31529375
PMCPMC6848394
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