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According to the literature low back pain is one of the most costly and common healthcare problems [1]. To date, writing ‘low back pain [tiab]’ on PubMed.gov we can find 22,695 articles. For these reasons, it is very important to take into account a solid statistical approach in order to publish an article on this topic. Several letters or technical notes on statistics approach and scientific terminologies [2] were published in scientific journals in the last years to prompt best practices about statistics in scientific writing. In our opinion, the article entitled “Effects of lumbosacral orthoses on postural control in individuals with or without non‐specific low back pain” [3] shown several flaws that may change the conclusions. The aim of this letter is to highlight essential errors and/or omissions we think this paper has. Some points will be addressed in this letter to better explain the state of the art regarding the topic described in the analyzed article.