• French SD
• Downie AS
• Walker BF

• Affiliation / Macquarie University. Faculty of Science and Engineering. Department of Chiropractic
• Affiliation / Murdoch University. School of Health Professions
• Affiliation / Queen's University. School of Rehabilitation Therapy
• Affiliation(G) / Australia / New South Wales / Sydney
• Affiliation(G) / Australia / Western Australia / Perth
• Affiliation(G) / Canada / Ontario / Kingston
• Evidence-Based Chiropractic
• Global Health / trends
• Low Back Pain
• Low Back Pain / epidemiology
• Low Back Pain / psychology
• Open Access Document

Abstract: An important series of papers have been published in The Lancet. These papers provide a comprehensive update for the major global problem of low back pain, and the challenges that low back pain presents to healthcare practitioners and policy makers. Chiropractors are well placed to reduce the burden of low back pain, but not all that chiropractors do is supported by robust, contemporary evidence. This commentary summarises the Lancet articles. We also make suggestions for how the chiropractic profession should most effectively help people with low back pain by implementing practices supported by high quality evidence.

Author affiliations: SDF, ASD: Department of Chiropractic, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney,Australia; SDF: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada; ASD: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; BFW: School of Health Professions, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia 

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