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Diagnostic Evaluation of LBP

2002; American Medical Association; Volume: 162; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archinte.162.13.1444

1538-3679

Richard A. Deyo,

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

neous groups for studies. Use of heterogeneous populations violates basic tenets of statistics and vitiates meaningful analysis of treatments. To assume that most or all acute LBP is the same, without strong substantiating evidence, essentially eviscerates the validity of those studies, rendering any findings useless. We believe that the apparent uncritical acceptance of idiopathic and nonspecific LBP as valid concepts has badly affected research and national medical policy. It is time to rethink this position. New research is necessary to either validate the 1966 study of Dillane et al or move forward to investigate the model of discrete pathogenesis and diagnosis.