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Physicians (n = 192) viewed 2 videos of different patients (actors) presenting with pain: undiagnosed sciatica symptoms or diagnosed knee osteoarthritis. Systematic variations in patient gender, socioeconomic status, and race and physician gender and experience (&lt;20 versus \u226520 years in practice) permitted estimation of unconfounded effects. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate associations between patient or provider attributes and clinical decisions. Quality of decisions was defined based on the current recommendations of the American College of Rheumatology, American Pain Society, and clinical expert consensus.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Despite current recommendations, less than one\u2010third of physicians would provide exercise advice (30.2% for osteoarthritis and 32.8% for sciatica). 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