Red flags or red herrings? Redefining the role of red flags in low back pain to reduce overimaging
Br J Sports Med
.
2018 Apr;52(8):488-489.
doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097725.
Epub 2017 Aug 10.
Authors
Gilat L Grunau
1
,
Ben Darlow
2
,
Timothy Flynn
3
,
Kieran O'Sullivan
4
,
Peter B O'Sullivan
5
,
Bruce B Forster
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
3
School of Physical Therapy, South College, Knoxville, TN, USA.
4
Department of Clinical Therapies, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
5
Department of Physiotherapy and Exercise Therapy, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
PMID:
28798035
DOI:
10.1136/bjsports-2017-097725
No abstract available
Keywords:
lower back; primary care; radiology; risk factor.
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Humans
Low Back Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Unnecessary Procedures