Millions of people across the world are getting the wrong care for low back pain, with many treatments causing harm and even early death, a global review has concluded.
The review by over 30 leading experts in countries across the world, published in The Lancet today, highlights that many health systems are wasting valuable healthcare resources by continuing to fund tests and treatments known to be ineffective and even harmful.
The series of three papers on low back pain notes that standardised approaches to managing low back pain are commonly misconceived and outdated, and best practice is…
