Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

http://www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0020

Prepared by:

McMaster University Evidence-based Practice Center

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

EPC Director:

Parminder Raina, Ph.D.

Principal Investigators:

P. Lina Santaguida, B.Sc.PT., Ph.D.

Anita Gross, B.Sc.PT., M.Sc. (Clin Epi)

Authors:

P. Lina Santaguida, B.Sc.PT., Ph.D.

Anita Gross, B.Sc.PT., M.Sc. (Clin. Epi.)

Jason Busse, D.C., Ph.D.

Joel Gagnier, B.A., N.D., Ph.D.

Kathryn Walker, B.Sc, B.Ph.E, M.Sc.P.T.

Mohit Bhandari, M.D. M.Sc. F.F.C.S.C.

Parminder Raina, B.Sc., Ph.D.

AHRQ Publication No. 09-E006

February 2009

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Suggested Citation:

Santaguida PL, Gross A, Busse J, Gagnier J, Walker K, Bhandari M, Raina P. Evidence Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Back Pain Utilization Report. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 177. (Prepared by the McMaster University Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0020.) AHRQ Publication No.09-E006) Rockville, MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2009.

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