Low back pain and the social determinants of health: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

EL Karran, AR Grant, GL Moseley - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The social determinants of health (SDH) are known to differentially impact outcomes from
many noncommunicable diseases; however, their potential role in low back pain (LBP) is …

Diagnosis and management of low-back pain in primary care

A Traeger, R Buchbinder, I Harris, C Maher - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
• Most low-back pain with or without radicular pain or neurogenic claudication does not
require immediate diagnostic imaging and can be managed in primary care.• All patients …

Low back pain: a call for action

R Buchbinder, M van Tulder, B Öberg, LM Costa… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. 1 Because these population shifts …

[HTML][HTML] The Lancet Series call to action to reduce low value care for low back pain: an update

R Buchbinder, M Underwood, J Hartvigsen, CG Maher - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series, comprising 3 papers written by 31 authors from
disparate disciplines and 12 different countries, raised unprecedented awareness of the …

Low back pain: a major global challenge

S Clark, R Horton - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
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Estimating the risk of chronic pain: development and validation of a prognostic model (PICKUP) for patients with acute low back pain

AC Traeger, N Henschke, M Hübscher… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Low back pain (LBP) is a major health problem. Globally it is responsible for the
most years lived with disability. The most problematic type of LBP is chronic LBP (pain …

Pharmacological treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews

AG Cashin, BM Wand, NE O'Connell… - Cochrane Database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pharmacological interventions are the most used treatment for low back pain
(LBP). Use of evidence from systematic reviews of the effects of pharmacological …

[HTML][HTML] We are all in this together—whole of community pain science education campaigns to promote better management of persistent pain

CG Ryan, EL Karran, SB Wallwork, JW Pate… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Persistent pain is a major public health issue—estimated to affect a quarter of the world's
population. Public understanding of persistent pain is based on outdated biomedical …

Working with persistent pain: an exploration of strategies utilised to stay productive at work

J Oakman, N Kinsman, AM Briggs - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Maintaining productive employment for people with persistent pain conditions is
challenging. This study aims to explore supports—work and non-work—used by employees …

Low back pain: it is time to embrace complexity

JM Hush - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Gordon Waddell described in 2004 that “back pain was a 20th-century medical disaster and
the legacy reverberates into the new millennium.” 42 The Global Burden of Diseases Study …