BMJ  2006;332 (17 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.0-a

Managing low back pain

The early identification of patients at risk for chronicity, and then preventing it, are the main challenges in the management of low back pain say Koes and colleagues on page 1430. Their clinical review revisits the diagnostic triage to exclude specific pathology and nerve root pain, discusses the value of imaging, and examines the evidence on active and passive treatment in acute and chronic low back pain.

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