Second-Order Peer Reviews of Clinically Relevant Articles for the Physiatrist: "Early Physical Therapy Vs Usual Care in Patients with Recent-Onset Low Back Pain" (Fritz JM, Magel JS, McFadden M, et al, JAMA 2015): "Physical Therapy May Not Help Acute Lower Back Pain Sufferers"

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine (VA, BM); Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine (PEM); Physical Therapy Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado (MS), Aurora, Colorado; and Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (DK).

Comment

Venu Akuthota et al. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;96(9):682-685.

doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000676.

¹ From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine (VA, BM); Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine (PEM); Physical Therapy Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado (MS), Aurora, Colorado; and Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (DK).

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Comment on

Early Physical Therapy vs Usual Care in Patients With Recent-Onset Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Fritz JM, Magel JS, McFadden M, Asche C, Thackeray A, Meier W, Brennan G. Fritz JM, et al. JAMA. 2015 Oct 13;314(14):1459-67. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.11648. JAMA. 2015. PMID: 26461996 Clinical Trial.