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• Murtagh, J. (1995), Sciatica, Health Information (online), North East Valley Division of General Practitioners, Melbourne, Australia. More information here.
• Hagen, K. B., Hilde, G., Jamtvedt, G. & Winnem, M. (2001), 'Bed rest for acute low back pain and sciatica (Cochrane Review)', in The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2001. Update Software, Oxford, UK. More information here.

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