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What Are We Working on Now?

Primary Studies
We are completing several complementary projects related to prognosis and management of low back pain, currently focused on the emergency department setting, including prospective and retrospective data analyses, and qualitative study designs.

Active and upcoming projects include an assessment of the use of diagnostic imaging and opioids for low back pain in local Nova Scotian emergency departments.

Evidence Synthesis Studies
Our team members are actively involved in activities of the Cochrane Back and Neck Group.

We are currently completing an update with network meta-analysis of a large-scale Cochrane Review (2021) on the effectiveness of exercise as treatment for chronic low back pain. This review now includes more than 450 trials. The update of this review was conducted through a new model of systematic review production, called collaborative systematic review!

Our team completed one of the first prognostic factor systematic reviews within Cochrane! This review, examined the impact of patient expectations of recovery on low back pain prognosis.