Rationale and Comments

In patients with low back pain, bed rest has not been shown to be beneficial and has been shown to delay recovery.

Sponsoring Organizations

• North American Spine Society

Sources

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Disciplines

• Orthopedic

References

• Dahm KT, Brurberg KG, Jamtvedt G, Hagen KB. Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low-back pain and sciatica. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jun 16;(6):CD007612.
  
• McIntosh G, Hall H. Low back pain (acute). BMJ Clin Evid. 2011;2011:1102.
  
• Abdel Shaheed C, Maher CG, Williams KA, McLchlan AJ. Interventions available over the counter and advice for acute low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pain. 2014;15(1):2-15.
  
• Casser HR, Seddigh S, Rauschmann M. Acute lumbar back pain. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2016;113(13):223-234.