title: Patients with low back pain: how to identify the few who need extra attention.
abstract: A busy primary care physician might despair on seeing two or three patients on the schedule who want help for low back pain. Complaints of such pain are numerous and so are the possible causes. Dr Connelly presents a road map that guides clinicians through comprehensive yet efficient history taking and physical examination, with tips on spotting the minority of patients whose back pain demands more than conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Nevada Occupational Health Center, Carson City, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Connelly
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications