A critical view of WHO guidelines on management of low back pain

Mohamad Bittar; Atul Deodhar

doi:10.1038/s41584-024-01088-7

A critical view of WHO guidelines on management of low back pain

Mohamad Bittar, Atul Deodhar

Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases

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Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new guidelines for the non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings. Although the guidelines are commendable, they lack guidance on when to suspect and how to avoid missing important secondary causes of back pain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	201-202
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Rheumatology
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-024-01088-7
State	Published - Apr 2024

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