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Osteopathy in the French-speaking part of Switzerland: Practitioners’ profile and scope of back pain management

Bill, Anne-Sylvie ; Dubois, Julie ; Pasquier, Jérôme ; Burnand, Bernard ; Rodondi, Pierre-Yves

In: PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, no. 5, p. e0232607

Background: Osteopathy is commonly used for spinal pain, but knowledge about back pain management by osteopaths is scarce.Objective: The aim of this study was to survey osteopaths across the French-speaking part of Switzerland about the scope of their practice and their management of patients with back pain.Design: This cross- sectional observational study was based on an online survey...

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Primary care patients’ use of conventional and complementary medicine for chronic low back pain

Rodondi, Pierre-Yves ; Bill, Anne-Sylvie ; Danon, Nadia ; Dubois, Julie ; Pasquier, Jérôme ; Matthey-de-l'Endroit, Florence ; Herzig, Lilli ; Burnand, Bernard

In: Journal of Pain Research, 2019, vol. Volume 12, p. 2101–2112

To investigate among primary care patients and their physicians in western Switzerland the prevalence of use, perceived usefulness, and communication about common treatments for chronic or recurrent low back pain (crLBP) including complementary medicine (CM). Patients and methods: A cross-sectional cluster observational study involving 499 crLBP patients visiting 45 primary care physicians...

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Primary care physicians’ attitude and reported prescribing behavior for chronic low back pain: An exploratory cross-sectional study

Rodondi, Pierre-Yves ; Dubois, Julie ; Bill, Anne-Sylvie ; Koutaïssoff, Daria ; Ros, Jenny ; Aveni, Eléonore ; Pasquier, Jérôme ; Herzig, Lilli ; Decosterd, Isabelle ; Burnand, Bernard

In: PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, no. 9, p. e0204613

Objective: Recent guidelines for chronic or recurrent low back pain recommend non- pharmacologic treatments as first-line options. The objective of this study was thus to explore the perceived usefulness of several conventional and complementary medicine treatments for chronic or recurrent low back pain by primary care physicians and their reported prescribing behavior.Design: An exploratory...