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Your Spine Treatment Calculator: To calculate how well you might do depending on your diagnosis and how you choose to treat your condition.
SPORT Results: These are the articles reporting the 2-year and 4-year results of the SPORT study, as well as the cost-effectiveness articles.
Shared Decision-Making Resources: The Shared Decision-Making Center at DHMC has many resources to help you make informed decisions about your medical treatment.
Would I benefit from surgery?: Assess whether or not you would gain from having surgery by answering a few questions about your preferences.
The SPORT Guide to Non-operative Care: Read and/or download the guide SPORT patients were given to help them treat their back pain non-operatively.
The SPORT Guide to Surgery: Read and/or download the guide SPORT patients were given to explain what to expect during their surgical care.
SPORT In the News: Read what others are saying about SPORT

SPORT is funded in part by The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U01-AR45444-01A1) and the Office of Research on Women's Health, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases is funded by NIAMS (P60-AR048094-01A1).