WHO guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings
This new WHO guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on non-surgical interventions for chronic primary LBP (CPLBP) in adults, including older people, that can be delivered in primary and community care settings to improve CPLBP-related health and well-being outcomes.
Aimed at clinical staff including medical doctors, nurses, allied health workers – including chiropractors, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, psychologists and community health workers – as well as public health programme and system managers, the guideline provides 24 recommendations (including needling, structured exercise and SMT), one good practice statement and 12 interventions for which no recommendation was made. These are summarised here.