Brunner M, et al. - In order to investigate the influence of multimodal pain management (MPM) on short-term outcome in patients with low back pain, the subjective and objective parameters, as well as the anamnestic and clinical parameters before and after inpatient MPM were evaluated. In treating low back pain, MPM therapy for more than 5 days seemed to be an effective short-term approach. Patients who required more intensive individual care could be identified early by the knowledge of some of the outcome predictors. MPM could be an appropriate treatment option, in the case of no clear indication for surgery. The parameters female sex, BMI of > 30, local pain, and pain duration of 3–24 months had a significantly better outcome, while age, treatment cause, depression, anxiety, and other diseases had no statistically significant influence on outcome.