Saurab Sharma, Anupa Pathak, Romy Parker, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa, Babita Ghai, Chinonso Igwesi-Chidobe, Prawit Janwantanakul, Fabianna Resende de Jesus-Moraleida, Mulugeta Bayisa Chala, Mohammadreza Pourahmadi, Andrew M Briggs, Edward Gorgon, Clare L Ardern, Karim M Khan, James H McAuley
BACKGROUND: The Lancet Series of Low Back Pain (LBP) highlighted the lack of LBP data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study aimed to describe (1) what LBP care is currently delivered in LMICs, and (2) how that care is delivered. METHODS: An online mixed-methods study. A Consortium for LBP in LMICs (n=65) was developed with an expert panel of leading LBP researchers (>2 publications on LBP) and multidisciplinary clinicians and patient partners with five years of clinical/lived LBP experience in LMICs...
April 11, 2024: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy