Changes in clinical guidelines for the management of chronic back pain

Extensive research by the Musculoskeletal Division has seen many changes in clinical guidelines for the management of chronic back pain, including those by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the Institute of Health Economics Alberta, Canada, the 2009 UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the Finnish Low Back Pain Guideline, the Canadian clinical practice guideline, American Pain Society/American College of Physicians and the European Union Guidelines.