From the *Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; †Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise, and Sport, School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University; ‡School of Chiropractic, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia; §School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia; and ¶private practice, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia.
Supported by the Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Monash University, Australia.
This systematic review was originally published in The Cochrane Library and we acknowledge John Wiley & Sons Ltd., on behalf of the Cochrane Collaboration, for authorizing this re-publication (French SD, Cameron M, Walker BF, Reggars JW, Esterman AJ. Superficial heat or cold for low back pain. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 1, Copyright Cochrane Library, reproduced with permission).
The device(s)/drug(s) is/are FDA-approved or approved by corresponding national agency for this indication.
No funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
There is consensus among the Editorial Board of the Back Review Group that strong evidence can only be provided by multiple higher quality trials that replicate findings of other researchers in other settings.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Simon D. French, MPH, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Locked Bag 29, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; E-mail: [email protected]
