IMPORTANCE OF EARLY IMPROVEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY: OPL57 patients demonstrated roughly two-thirds of their improvement in the first 40% of visits regardless of their symptom duration. This study may help clinicians identify a need to modify a plan of care if insufficient early improvement is observed.

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