Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach

   This series of practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics [full text by subscription]:
Bussières AE, Peterson C, Taylor JA. Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach. Introduction. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2007 Nov-Dec;30(9):617-83.
Imaging technology can improve patient outcomes by allowing greater precision in [...]

Rigorous development does not ensure that guidelines are acceptable to a panel of knowledgeable providers

This study, just published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, examined the quality of five guidelines covering various musculoskeletal disorders. The panel concluded that despite rigorous development, the quality of the published guidelines did not always meet their high standards.
Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, Mattke S, Maclean CH, Harber P et al. [...]

A guide to the Canadian Medical Association Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines

  A guide to the CMA Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines (published in July 2007) has just been published in the November 6, 2007 issue of CMAJ:
A guide to the Canadian Medical Association Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines
From the Canadian Medical Association CMA  Infobase Web site:
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) published its new Handbook on Clinical [...]

Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine

   A new clinical practice guideline on whiplash disorders is now available for review, and feedback is invited:
Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine       
Clinical Practice Guideline Feedback    Feedback must be received by November 29th, 2007.
From the Canadian Chiropractic Association Web site:
On behalf of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and [...]

Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada

   From the October 15, 2007 issue of Spine [subscription required]:
Ammendolia CD, Cote PD, Hogg-Johnson SP, Bombardier CM. Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada. Spine 2007; 32(22):2509-2514.
Key Points
* There is high adherence to radiography guidelines for a new episode of low back pain among chiropractic teaching [...]

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 [...]

Improving the Use of Research Evidence in Guideline Development

  Here is a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research [ACHR] to WHO on ways of improving the use of research evidence in guideline development. Below are the citations and links for all 16 reviews, published by the ACHR in Health [...]

Canadian Neck Pain Practice Guideline: feedback on the Addendum requested

 Last September, the following guideline was published in the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association:

The Canadian Chiropractic Association and the Canadian Federation of Chiropractic Regulatory Boards Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Initiative (The CCA/CFCRB-CPG). Chiropractic clinical practice guide line: evidence-based treatment of adult neck pain not due to whiplash. J Can Chiro Assoc 2005; 49(3):160-209.
This guideline [...]

Diagnostic Imaging Guidelines for the Chiropractic Profession: A Worldwide Consultation on the Web

  I just received a notice from The Week in Chiropractic (a weekly e-mailed newsletter from the FCER, Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research) about imaging guidelines for chiropractic. Read all about this Web-based consultation, below.  See also Practice Guidelines
Between August 1st and October 31st, 2006, a Web site will be made available for chiropractors to [...]

Inconsistent grading of evidence across countries: A review of low back pain guidelines

 More on low back pain guidelines … See also Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy: international guidelines reviewed
Murphy AY, van Teijlingen ER, Gobbi MO. Inconsistent grading of evidence across countries: A review of low back pain guidelines. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2006; 29(7):576-581.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report clinical treatment recommendations for low [...]