Caring for Patients Who Have Chronic Low Back Pain
After reading this CME Bulletin, you should be able to:
- Understand the family physician’s role as advocate for his or her patients who have chronic low back pain.
- Conduct a focused, evidence-based medical history and physical examination to place patients who have chronic low back pain in appropriate diagnostic categories.
- Identify high-risk patients for whom poor outcomes can be predicted.
- Help patients choose appropriate treatment options.
- Determine when interventional or surgical therapy is warranted.
- Provide follow-up care for patients who have received interventional or surgical therapy.
Read the Bulletin.
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Take the Quiz. (Members Only)
Download a copy of the PDF. (8-page PDF file; About PDFs)
Access Bulletin References.
This CME Bulletin is supported by an educational grant to the AAFP from United Healthcare.
This program exemplifies the AAFP 2007 Annual Clinical Focus on the management of chronic illness.
This program exemplifies the AAFP 2007 Annual Clinical Focus on the management of chronic illness.
