Background. Low back pain (LBP) is a major public health problem, often encountered in
primary care. Guidelines recommend early identification of psychosocial factors that could …

Objective. Uncertainty often surrounds judgments of pain, especially when pain is chronic. In
order to simplify their decisions, providers adduce information from a variety of sources …

This go-to manual--now revised and significantly expanded with more than 50% new
material--has enabled thousands of clinicians to effectively treat clients with chronic pain. In …

The importance of classifying chronic low back pain (LBP) patients into homogeneous sub-
groups has recently been emphasized. This paper reports on two studies examining …

Despite considerable research, low back pain (LBP) often proves resistant to treatment. This
study was designed to increase the understanding of low back pain through access to …

Objective: To describe the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative
predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of five clinical tests used to measure trunk muscle …

Background There is lack of evidence for specific treatment interventions for patients with
non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) despite the substantial amount of randomised …

PURPOSE We wanted to demonstrate a method for calculating the relative complexity of
ambulatory clinical encounters. METHODS Measures of complexity should reflect the …

Background: Comparison studies suggest that the guideline-concordant care provided for
specific medical conditions is less optimal in primary care compared with cardiology and …

CMAJ• AUG. 21, 2001; 165 (4) 435 tail and format suggested by Woodward. 7 Problems
were expressed as 9 items, for example,“dealing with a patient who does not respond to …