Abstract
Spinal surgery is performed on only four patients in every 10, 000 recorded attacks of low back pain (Jayson, 1987). Conservative treatment is always tried first.
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Mounayer, B. and Wyn-Williams, S. (1989) The Back Shop Book, Macdonald, London.
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Penrose, D. (1993). Spinal surgery. In: Occupational Therapy for Orthopaedic Conditions. Therapy in Practice Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3085-9_6
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