Red flags for back pain

Martin R Underwood; Rachelle Buchbinder

doi:10.1136/bmj.f7432

Red flags for back pain

Martin R Underwood
, Rachelle Buchbinder

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Nearly all guidelines on low back pain have stressed the importance of red flag signs?positive answers to key questions about medical history that indicate the possibility of a serious underlying condition?since the publication of influential reports in the United Kingdom and United States in 1994.1 2 In a linked systematic review (doi:10.1136/bmj.f7095), Downie and colleagues challenge this orthodoxy by investigating the accuracy of red flags to screen for fracture or cancer in people presenting with low back pain.3

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	f7432 - f7433
Number of pages	2
Journal	BMJ
Volume	347
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7432
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Red flags for back pain

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Comparative effectiveness of ultrasound-guided injection with either autologous platelet rich plasma or glucocorticoid for ultrasound-proven lateral epicondylitis: a three-arm randomised

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