Review
Low Back Pain: Early Management of Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain [Internet]
London: Royal College of General Practitioners (UK); 2009 May.
- PMID: 20704057
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Review
Low Back Pain: Early Management of Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain [Internet]
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This guideline covers the management of persistent or recurrent low back pain defined as non-specific low back pain that has lasted for more than 6 weeks, but for less than 12 months. It does not address the management of severe disabling low back pain that has lasted longer than 12 months.
Copyright © 2009, Royal College of General Practitioners.
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- Preface
- Key priorities for implementation
- 1. Guideline recommendations: All recommendations are repeated within the relevant chapter
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Methods
- 4. Assessment and Imaging of non-specific low-back pain
- 5. Information, education and patient treatment preferences
- 6. Physical activity and exercise
- 7. Manual therapy
- 8. Other non-pharmacological therapies
- 9. Invasive Procedures
- 10. Psychological interventions and mixed packages of care (combined physical and psychological interventions)
- 11. Pharmacological therapies
- 12. Indications for referral for surgery
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