Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-income
countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

Many clinical practice guidelines recommend similar approaches for the assessment and
management of low back pain. Recommendations include use of a biopsychosocial framework …

Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. Because these population shifts are …

Background: Although low-back pain is a highly prevalent condition, its clinical course remains
uncertain. Our main objective was to systematically review the literature on the clinical …

OBJECTIVE: The study investigated the test–retest reliability and construct validity of the
Global Perceived Effect (GPE) scale in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. STUDY …

Importance Existing guidelines and systematic reviews lack clear recommendations for
prevention of low back pain (LBP). Objective To investigate the effectiveness of interventions for …

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 …

Background Regular paracetamol is the recommended first-line analgesic for acute low-back
pain; however, no high-quality evidence supports this recommendation. We aimed to …

Pain self-efficacy and fear of movement have been proposed to explain how pain can lead
to disability for patients with chronic low back pain. However the extent to which pain self-…

Objective To review the evidence on diagnostic accuracy of red flag signs and symptoms to
screen for fracture or malignancy in patients presenting with low back pain to primary, …