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Low Back Pain


The AAFP concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine use of interventions to prevent low back pain in adults in primary care settings. (2004)

(Grade: I recommendation)
Grade Definition: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/grades.htm#pre
Clinical Consideration: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/3rduspstf/lowback/lowbackrs.htm#clinical