Clinical guidelines for low back pain: A critical review of consensus and inconsistencies across three major guidelines.
Given the scale and cost of the low back pain problem, it is imperative that healthcare professionals involved in the care of people with low back pain have access to up-to-date, evidence-based information to assist them in treatment decision-making. Clinical guidelines exist to promote the consistent best practice, to reduce unwarranted variation and to reduce the use of low-value interventions in patient care. Recent decades have witnessed the publication of a number of such guidelines. In this narrative review, we consider three selected international interdisciplinary guidelines for the management of low back pain. Guideline development methods, consistent recommendations and inconsistencies between these guidelines are critically discussed.
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Low Back Pain
- Humans
- Decision Making
- Consensus
- Arthritis & Rheumatology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1103 Clinical Sciences