Herbal medicine for low-back pain.
@article{Oltean2014HerbalMF, title={Herbal medicine for low-back pain.}, author={Hanna N. Oltean and Christine Robbins and Maurits W. van Tulder and Brian M. Berman and Claire Bombardier and Joel J Gagnier}, journal={The Cochrane database of systematic reviews}, year={2014}, volume={12}, pages={ CD004504 } }
BACKGROUND
Low-back pain (LBP) is a common condition and imposes a substantial economic burden upon people living in industrialized societies. A large proportion of people with chronic LBP use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), visit CAM practitioners, or both. Several herbal medicines have been purported for use in treating people with LBP. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2006.
OBJECTIVES
To determine the effectiveness of herbal medicine for non-specific…
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