Objectives To determine the proportion of low back pain presentations that are admitted to
hospital from the emergency department (ED), the proportion of hospital admissions due to a …

Significant costs and utilisation of healthcare resources are associated with hospitalisations
for non-specific low back pain despite clinical guidelines recommending community-based …

Objectives Clinical guidelines for acute non-specific low back pain (LBP) recommend
avoiding imaging studies or invasive treatments and to advise patients to stay active. The …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and has an
excessive societal burden. Accumulating evidence has shown that some medical …

Exercise leads to clinically meaningful pain reductions in people with chronic low back pain
and is recommended as a first line treatment. The benefits of exercise for chronic low back …

Objectives Back pain is a prevalent condition that affects 1 in 6 Australians at any time, with
high associated health care costs. To date, there is limited information relating to symptom …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is ranked in the top 10 conditions presenting to
emergency departments (ED) in Australia. We aimed to investigate ED re-presentation rates …

Objective The present study sought to investigate predictors of hospitalisation in adults
diagnosed with non‐specific low back pain (LBP) and/or sciatica from an ED. Methods A 5 …

Objective To determine whether differences exist for older persons presenting to Emergency
Departments (EDs) with lower back pain (LBP) in terms of management, health service …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the demographic distribution,
temporal patterns, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and outcomes of patients …