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Practice Guideline
. 2012 Apr;42(4):A1-57.
doi: 10.2519/jospt.2012.42.4.A1. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

Low back pain

Anthony Delitto  1 , Steven Z George, Linda Van Dillen, Julie M Whitman, Gwendolyn Sowa, Paul Shekelle, Thomas R Denninger, Joseph J Godges; Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association
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Practice Guideline

Low back pain

Anthony Delitto et al. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has an ongoing effort to create evidence-based practice guidelines for orthopaedic physical therapy management of patients with musculoskeletal impairments described in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). The purpose of these low back pain clinical practice guidelines, in particular, is to describe the peer-reviewed literature and make recommendations related to (1) treatment matched to low back pain subgroup responder categories, (2) treatments that have evidence to prevent recurrence of low back pain, and (3) treatments that have evidence to influence the progression from acute to chronic low back pain and disability.

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  • Low back pain: do the right thing and do it now.
    Childs JD, Flynn TW, Wainner RS. Childs JD, et al. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Apr;42(4):296-9. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2012.0105. Epub 2012 Mar 30. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012. PMID: 22466902 No abstract available.

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