Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Study With a Waiting List Control Group

RCT's are considered the gold standard in effect studies; however, due to financial, organisational, and ethical concerns, performing RCT's can be difficult for small-sized care settings that provide multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic back pain. As a result, these treatment options often do not receive sufficient scientific or clinical attention. This study demonstrates that alternative methodologically transparent effect studies using a "waiting list" control can be conducted in small-scale clinical settings with limited means.