Low back pain: a major global problem for which the chiropractic profession needs to take more care

Simon D. French*, Aron S. Downie, Bruce F. Walker

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    Abstract

    An important series of papers have been published in the Lancet. These papers provide a comprehensive update for the major global problem of low back pain, and the challenges that low back pain presents to healthcare practitioners and policy makers. Chiropractors are well placed to reduce the burden of low back pain, but not all that chiropractors do is supported by robust, contemporary evidence. This commentary summarises the Lancet articles. We also make suggestions for how the chiropractic profession should most effectively help people with low back pain by implementing practices supported by high quality evidence.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number28
    Pages (from-to)1-3
    Number of pages3
    JournalChiropractic and Manual Therapies
    Volume26
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2018

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