Can guidelines impact the ordering of magnetic resonance imaging studies by primary care providers for low back pain?

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1990 • 2,436 citations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People without Back Pain

1994 • 2,325 citations

An Overview of the Incidences and Costs of Low Back Pain

1991 • 916 citations

The Effect on Test Ordering of Informing Physicians of the Charges for Outpatient Diagnostic Tests

1990 • 423 citations

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1986 • 336 citations

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Comparative roentgenographic study of the asymptomatic and symptomatic lumbar spine

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1988 • 168 citations

Early diagnostic evaluation of low back pain

1986 • 153 citations

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1995 • 29 citations

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1955 • 0 citations