Management of Low Back Pain

TY - JOUR

T1 - Management of Low Back Pain

AU - Campbell, James

AU - Colvin, Lesley A.

PY - 2013/12/5

Y1 - 2013/12/5

N2 - Overview• Low back pain is extremely common and infrequently has serious underlying pathology • A small, but significant, percentage of people affected by back pain develop a chronic problem with associated disability • Appropriate early diagnosis and management reduces disability • The evidence for effectiveness of injection therapies is limited, but selected patients may benefit from appropriate interventions • Although total resolution of pain is often not possible, a key aim of management is to avoid chronicity and encourage effective self management

AB - Overview• Low back pain is extremely common and infrequently has serious underlying pathology • A small, but significant, percentage of people affected by back pain develop a chronic problem with associated disability • Appropriate early diagnosis and management reduces disability • The evidence for effectiveness of injection therapies is limited, but selected patients may benefit from appropriate interventions • Although total resolution of pain is often not possible, a key aim of management is to avoid chronicity and encourage effective self management

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84893514995

U2 - 10.1136/bmj.f3148

DO - 10.1136/bmj.f3148

M3 - Article

C2 - 24308922

AN - SCOPUS:84893514995

SN - 0959-8138

VL - 2017

JO - BMJ

JF - BMJ

M1 - 347

ER -