Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder.
The role of pharmacotherapy for IBS is limited and focused mainly on symptom control. …

Study Design. This study was a literature review of the quality of four disease-specific
functional status questionnaires for patients with low back pain: Oswestry; Million; Roland; and …

Background No consensus exists on the optimal treatment for irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS). Psychological treatments are increasingly advocated but their effectiveness is unclear …

The rise in obesity‐related morbidity in children and adolescents requires urgent prevention
and treatment strategies. Currently, only limited data are available on the effects of exercise …

OBJECTIVE--To assess the efficacy of spinal manipulation for patients with back or neck
pain. DESIGN--Computer aided search for published papers and blinded assessment of the …

OBJECTIVE--To determine the quality of randomised controlled trials of exercise therapy for
back pain. DESIGN--Computer aided search of published papers and blinded assessment …

Background: Activities and their importance for daily living vary widely between patients.
Patient-specific measurement of functional status means that the evaluation is focused on …

… A modified version of the criteria list of our initial systematic review (van der Heijden1995a)
was used to assess the methodological quality of the RCTs. Compared to the original criteria …

Verbunt JA, Westerterp KR, van der Heijden GJ, Seelen HA, Vlaeyen JW, Knottnerus JA.
Physical activity in daily life in patients with chronic low back pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;…

Background Traction has been used to treat low‐back pain (LBP), often in combination with
other treatments. We included both manual and machine‐delivered traction in this review. …