Analgesia for non-specific low back pain

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown NSW, Australia caitlin.jones@sydney.edu.au.
² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK.
³ University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK.
⁴ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
⁵ Cochrane Collaboration, Back and Neck Review Group, Newbury MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown NSW, Australia.

Caitlin M P Jones et al. BMJ. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 27:385:e080064.

doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080064.

¹ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown NSW, Australia caitlin.jones@sydney.edu.au.
² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK.
³ University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK.
⁴ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
⁵ Cochrane Collaboration, Back and Neck Review Group, Newbury MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown NSW, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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