RT Journal
A1 Rozenberg, S
A1 Delval, C
A1 Rezvani, Y
T1 Bed Rest and Normal Daily Activity Were Equivalent for Acute Low-Back Pain
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2003
FD May 1
VO 85
IS 5
SP 975
OP 975
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Patients: 278 ambulatory patients who were 18 to 65 years of age (mean age, 44 years; 53% women) with acute low-back pain or a recent episode (<72 hours) of chronic low-back pain with spontaneous lumbar pain rated =40 mm on a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). Exclusion criteria were pain radiating distal to the buttocks; compressive, posttraumatic, inflammatory, infectious, or tumoral disease; or low-back pain resulting from an occupational accident. 98% of the patients had complete follow-up.