Related ArticlesAdherence of Irish general practitioners to European guidelines for acute low back pain: A prospective pilot study.

Eur J Pain. 2006 Nov 22;

Authors: Fullen BM, Maher T, Bury G, Tynan A, Daly LE, Hurley DA

There are no national low back pain (LBP) clinical guidelines in Ireland, and neither the level of adherence of General Practitioners (GPs) to the European guidelines, nor the cost of LBP to the patient and the state, have been investigated. A prospective pilot study was conducted on 54 consenting patients (18M, 36F: mean age (SD): 40.5 (14.3) years) with a new episode of acute LBP (

PMID: 17126046 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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