Social, economic, and psychological factors have been reported to be more important than physical factors in affecting the symptoms, response to treatment and longterm outcomes of patients with chronic LBP. There are indications that such non-physical factors may affect clinical outcomes for patients with acute LBP. A heightened awareness among clinicians to the way such factors may affect a patient’s response to symptoms and treatment is therefore warranted.
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