Low back pain is a considerable health problem in all developed countries and is most
commonly treated in primary healthcare settings. It is usually defined as pain, muscle …

Background Some clinicians do lumbar imaging routinely or in the absence of historical or
clinical features suggestive of serious low-back problems. We investigated the effects of …

Recommendation 1: Clinicians should conduct a focused history and physical examination
to help place patients with low back pain into 1 of 3 broad categories: nonspecific low back …

This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
supplement. Diagnostic imaging is indicated for patients with low back pain only if they have …

Accessible to all health care professionals, this text provides a guide to understanding and
managing back pain and is one of the premier examples of a biopsychosocial approach to …

Study Design. Descriptive study. Objectives. To compare national clinical guidelines on low
back pain. Summary of Background Data. To rationalize the management of low back pain …

Despite greater knowledge, expertise, and health care resources for spinal pathologies,
chronic disability resulting from nonspecific low back pain is rising exponentially in western …

Acute low back pain is a common reason for patient calls or visits to a primary care clinician.
Despite a large differential diagnosis, the precise etiology is rarely identified, although …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort. Objective. To describe physical therapy utilization
following primary care consultation for low back pain (LBP) and evaluate associations …

Clinical Exercise Physiology, Fifth Edition With HKPropel Access, is a comprehensive guide
to the clinical aspects of exercise physiology, investigating 24 chronic diseases and …