How Effective Is Physical Therapy for Common Low Back Pain Diagnoses? We observed that a substantial percentage of the population did not meet MCID for pain and function following treatment of low back pain with physical therapy. Common risk factors for treatment failure included smoking and presence of night symptoms.

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