title: Educational approaches to management of low back pain.
abstract: With the high incidence of low back pain in adults, especially in the work place, industrial and health care professionals must work together to reduce the physical, emotional, and monetary cost of back pain. Conservative management can be effective when it includes therapy and patient education. This article discusses back schools and work hardening programs, two methods used to return employees to productive levels.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic