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ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain.

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Davis, PC; Wippold, FJ; Brunberg, JA; Cornelius, RS; De La Paz, RL; Dormont, PD; Gray, L; Jordan, JE; Mukherji, SK; Seidenwurm, DJ; Turski, PA ...
Published in: J Am Coll Radiol
June 2009

Acute low back pain with or without radiculopathy is one of the most common health problems in the United States, with high annual costs of evaluation and treatment, not including lost productivity. Multiple reports show that uncomplicated acute low back pain or radiculopathy is a benign, self-limited condition that does not warrant any imaging studies. Guidelines for recognition of patients with more complicated status can be used to identify those who require further evaluation for suspicion of more serious problems and contribute to appropriate imaging utilization.

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J Am Coll Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1558-349X

Publication Date

June 2009

Volume

6

Issue

6

Start / End Page

401 / 407

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Radiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Low Back Pain
  • Humans
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Davis, P. C., Wippold, F. J., Brunberg, J. A., Cornelius, R. S., De La Paz, R. L., Dormont, P. D., … Sloan, M. A. (2009). ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain. J Am Coll Radiol, 6(6), 401–407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2009.02.008
Davis, Patricia C., Franz J. Wippold, James A. Brunberg, Rebecca S. Cornelius, Robert L. De La Paz, Pr Didier Dormont, Linda Gray, et al. “ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain.J Am Coll Radiol 6, no. 6 (June 2009): 401–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2009.02.008.
Davis PC, Wippold FJ, Brunberg JA, Cornelius RS, De La Paz RL, Dormont PD, et al. ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain. J Am Coll Radiol. 2009 Jun;6(6):401–7.
Davis, Patricia C., et al. “ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain.J Am Coll Radiol, vol. 6, no. 6, June 2009, pp. 401–07. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2009.02.008.
Davis PC, Wippold FJ, Brunberg JA, Cornelius RS, De La Paz RL, Dormont PD, Gray L, Jordan JE, Mukherji SK, Seidenwurm DJ, Turski PA, Zimmerman RD, Sloan MA. ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain. J Am Coll Radiol. 2009 Jun;6(6):401–407.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Coll Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1558-349X

Publication Date

June 2009

Volume

6

Issue

6

Start / End Page

401 / 407

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Radiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Low Back Pain
  • Humans
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences