Background. Low back pain (LBP) is a major public health problem, often encountered in
primary care. Guidelines recommend early identification of psychosocial factors that could …

Non-specific low back pain (LBP) affects many people and has major socio-economic
consequences. Traditional therapeutic strategies, mainly focused on biomechanical factors …

Back pain is common and many people experience long-term problems, yet little is known
about what prognostic factors predict long-term outcomes. This study's objective was to …

Study Design. Review of advances in the primary care research on low back pain (LBP) from
a unique international forum, and analysis of open-ended questionnaires from participants …

Study Design. A prospective cohort study of patients with episodes of acute or subacute low
back pain, seeking physical therapy in primary care, with follow-up at weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12 …

Low back pain (LBP) is a major problem of public health. Chronic pain is the most difficult to
treat and the most expensive. The way patients cope with their pain may influence its …

Few studies have investigated whether prognostic indicators, which contribute to the
transition from acute to chronic low back pain (LBP), are also those which contribute to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The recovery of patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) is
slow. Furthermore, it is recently proposed that chronic LBP needs a prognostic approach to …

Study Design. A systematic review of prospective cohort studies in low back pain.
Objectives. To evaluate the evidence implicating psychological factors in the development of …

Background Most patients in the secondary care sector consulting for low back pain (LBP)
seem to have a more or less constant course of pain during the ensuing year. Fewer patients …