Objective: To describe the natural course of recent acute low back pain in terms of both
morbidity (pain, disability) and absenteeism from work and to evaluate the prognostic factors …

Objective To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of
recent onset low back pain managed in primary care. Design Cohort study with one year …

Objectives To describe the course of chronic low back pain in an inception cohort and to
identify prognostic markers at the onset of chronicity. Design Inception cohort study with one …

Objectives To describe the course of acute low back pain and sciatica and to identify
clinically important prognostic factors for these conditions. Design Systematic review. Data …

Objective To compare the effects of a minimal intervention strategy aimed at assessment
and modification of psychosocial prognostic factors and usual care for treatment of (sub) …

Objectives: To quantify the relative contribution of premorbid and episode specific factors in
determining the long term persistence of disabling symptoms of low back pain. Design …

Objective. We aimed to examine the prognosis of acute low back pain (LBP) in patients in
general practice and to identify prognostic factors associated with the long-term prognosis …

Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to
general practice have resolved within one month. Design: Prospective study of all adults …

Objective: To assess the impact of handling patients and indicators of individual
susceptibility on risk of low back pain in nurses. Design: Prospective cohort study with follow …

Objective: To investigate the psychosocial factors associated with consultation for low back
pain. Design: Two phase cross sectional postal survey. Setting: Bradford Metropolitan …