Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Low Back Pain in Adults

Release Date: February 2004

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendation

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the routine use of interventions to prevent low back pain in adults in primary care settings.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Low Back Pain in Adults, February 2004
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 65 KB; PDF Help)
Brief Evidence Update (PDF File, 60 KB; PDF Help)

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Current as of February 2004

Internet Citation:

Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Low Back Pain in Adults, Topic Page. February 2004. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsback.htm