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• Published: 05 February 2019

An observational study on trajectories and outcomes of chronic low back pain patients referred from a spine surgery division for chiropractic treatment

• Brigitte Wirth,
• Fabienne Riner,
• Cynthia Peterson,
• Barry Kim Humphreys,
• Mazda Farshad,
• Susanne Becker &
• Petra Schweinhardt 

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies volume 27, Article number: 6 (2019) Cite this article

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Abstract

Background

A close collaboration between surgeons and non-surgical spine experts is crucial for optimal care of low back pain (LBP) patients. The affiliation of a chiropractic teaching clinic to a university hospital with a large spine division in Zurich, Switzerland, enables such collaboration. The aim of this study was to describe the trajectories and outcomes of patients with chronic LBP referred from the spine surgery division to the chiropractic teaching clinic.

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SOURCE: https://chiromt.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12998-018-0225-8