“Use of early diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for low back pain (LBP) contributes to increasing health care costs but may not lead to better outcomes than delayed imaging.”
“Among workers with LBP, early MRI is not associated with better health outcomes and is associated with increased likelihood of disability and its duration.”
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https://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/fulltext/2012/08150/early_imaging_for_acute_low_back_pain__one_year.13.aspx
Early Imaging for Acute Low Back Pain: One-Year Health and… : Spine
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