Anxiety, depression and the interaction between both exacerbate disability caused by chronic low back pain (CLBP), according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers based in Portugal.
Oliveira et al (Pain Med 2018 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print]) followed 284 patients with CLBP (age range, 60.4±13.7 years; 74.6% women; 71.1% without radiculopathy) from their first consultation in a multidisciplinary pain clinic to a one-year follow-up.
Although there are many treatments available