In today’s WSJ, heart disease which is the most studied illness in all of medicine only has 11% of more than 2700 recommendations supported by “high-quality” scientific testing.
About half are based on expert opinion.
I can’t imagine what percent LBP research is based on.
All of this emphasis should help those that have integrated EBP into their clinical practice-there will undoubtedly be patients asking for it and in fact “evidence based world” may soon replace “bailout”!
