Expertise Comments: Are we Conducting Research for Research?

Copyright: © 2015 Sung PS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. There are several challenges to pain management and practical research in non-surgical spine care. We can investigate specific interventions for pain control and their effectiveness in preventing pain or disability. However, are there any efficient and effective ways to improve clinically relevant research for pain management? Are there any communication issues between scientist and clinician?

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