Low Back Pain Guidelines from the Annals of Internal Medicine

   From the October 2, 2007  issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine:

Roger Chou, Amir Qaseem, Vincenza Snow, Donald Casey, J. Thomas Cross,Jr, Paul Shekelle, Douglas K. Owens for the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel. Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:478-491. Open Access  See MedPage Today

Roger Chou and Laurie Hoyt Huffman. Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:492-504.  Open Access

Roger Chou and Laurie Hoyt Huffman. Medications for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:505-514. Open Access