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Health Care Resource Utilization and Management of Chronic, Refractory Low Back Pain in the United States.

Charis A Spears, Sarah E Hodges, Musa Kiyani, Zidanyue Yang, Ryan M Edwards, Alexis Musick, Christine Park, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, Shivanand P Lad

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Article in Spine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Physiotherapy informed by acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trial.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2026
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  7. Real-world two-year durability of restorative neurostimulation for treatment of multifidus dysfunction in patients with chronic low back pain: an observational German cohort study.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 · 2026
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  12. Integrative Treatment Strategies for Chronic Back Pain: A Literature Review with Clinical Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  16. Healthcare resource utilization for chronic low back pain among high-utilizers.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charis A SpearsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Sarah E HodgesDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Musa KiyaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Zidanyue YangDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Ryan M EdwardsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Alexis MusickDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Christine ParkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Beth ParenteDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Hui-Jie LeeDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Shivanand P LadDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

Support for QA/QC for Prior Approval ProcessUL1TR002553 · NCATS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, JENNIFER S, MCNAMARA, JAMES O. · 2018 to 2023
$58.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Patient Acceptance of Health CareAdultAgedChronic PainDatabases, FactualDisease ManagementFemaleHumansInsurance Claim ReviewLow Back PainMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesUnited States

Identifiers

PMID32453242
PMCPMC8875812
OpenAlexW3029468770

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.