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Acute backache — active or passive treatment?

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Rarely does a week go by without an acute backache being seen by a family practitioner. The causes of most ‘acute backs’ are undetermined, and whatever is done, the majority of them will get better within a short while.

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Martin, P.B., Froom, J. (1983). Acute backache — active or passive treatment?. In: Fry, J. (eds) Common Dilemmas in Family Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9192-3_9

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