VA/DoD Low Back Pain Guideline

Zhelnov P. A critical appraisal of ‘Pangarkar SS, Kang DG, Sandbrink F, Bevevino A, Tillisch K, Konitzer L, Sall J. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Nov;34(11):2620-2629. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05086-4. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PMID: 31529375; PMCID: PMC6848394’. Zheln. 2020 Nov 25;48(1):r604d20. URI: https://zheln.com/record/2020/11/20/604/.

Zheln Review Appraisal in 10 Steps:

1. ✅ Downloaded from the PubMed Systematic Subset Daily Updates
2. ✅ Meets Shojania & Bero 2001 True Positive Criteria for Systematic Reviews by Abstract
3. ✅ Full Text Collected by Zheln
4. 🔄 Generates Pragmatic Evidence Directly Relevant to Evidence-Based Practice?
5. 🔄 Is Duplicate?
6. 🔄 Passed or Failed Replication?
7. 🔄 Has Critical Conduct Flaws?
8. 🔄 Liked or Disliked by Zheln?
9. 🔄 Practical Implications Summarized by Zheln
10. 🔄 Appraisal Published & Call for Crowdfunding

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