Acute low back pain

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Brassey) — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:22:00 +0000

This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some background reading in acute low back pain. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.

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Evidence-Based Reports

Acute Low Back Pain. Clinical Evidence Concise, 2004
Does chiropractic treatment help with low-back pain? Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006
Does acupuncture reduce pain in adults with acute or chronic low back pain? Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006

Clinical Guidelines

Adult low back pain. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, 2006
Back pain - lower. PRODIGY, 2005
Primary care interventions to prevent low back pain in adults: recommendation statement. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2005
Low back pain. American College of Radiology, 2005
New Zealand Acute Low Back Pain Guide, incorporating the Guide to Assessing Psychosocial Yellow Flags in Acute Low Back Pain. New Zealand Guidelines Group, 2003

Systematic Reviews

Superficial heat or cold for low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005
Exercise therapy for treatment of non-specific low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005
Meta-analysis: acupuncture for low back pain. DARE, 2005
Individual active treatment combined with group exercise for acute and subacute low back pain. NHS EED, 2005
Cost-effectiveness of medical and chiropractic care for acute and chronic low back pain. NHS EED, 2005
Bed rest for acute low-back pain and sciatica. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2004

Recent articles in core journals

Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain. American Family Physician, 2007
Addition of choice of complementary therapies to usual care for acute low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Spine, 2007 View article OR Test your knowledge for extra CPD?
United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care. BMJ, 2004
United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: cost effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care. BMJ, 2004
Fear avoidance and prognosis in back pain: a systematic review and synthesis of current evidence. Arthritis Rheum, 2006
Should treatment of (sub)acute low back pain be aimed at psychosocial prognostic factors? Cluster randomised clinical trial in general practice. BMJ, 2005
Evaluating the accuracy of a simple heuristic to identify serious causes of low back pain. Fam Pract, 2006

eTextbooks

eMedicine
GP Notebook
GP Notebook (referral criteria from primary care - acute low back pain)

Clinical Queries

Does formal physiotherapy treatment improve either the long term outcomes or short term pain relief in the management of acute mechanical back pain, compared with simple advice and analgesia and NSAIDs? NLH Q&A Service, 2006 View answer OR Can you answer this question for extra CPD?
How does acupuncture performed in a primary care setting for mechanical low back pain compare with outcomes from standard physiotherapy treatment? NLH Q&A Service, 2007 View answer OR Can you answer this question for extra CPD?
Is there any evidence to support the use of prednisolone in the management of acute back pain associated with nerve root irritation? NLH Q&A Service, 2005

Patient Information

TRIP Evidence Reviews: Acute Low Back Pain

Acute low back pain