title: The Ninth International Forum for Primary Care  Research on Low Back Pain.
abstract: METHODS
  Review of oral and poster presentations and of workshop summaries from the Ninth International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain held in Majorca, Spain, October 4-6, 2007.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Summarize highlights of the conference.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain has become the primary conference for presenting research on the advances in primary care for back pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Distillation of the key themes and findings of the research presented at the Forum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Presentations at the forum included intervention studies, psychosocial aspects of low back pain, and epidemiological, clinical, and pathologic studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research presented at the forum has contributed to the advancement of understanding of how to improve primary care for low back pain. The Tenth International Forum will occur on June 14-17, 2009, in Boston.
authors.affiliation: Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. cherkin.d@ghc.org
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cherkin
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Croft
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borkan
authors.forename: Nadine E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Birgitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oberg
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Urrútia
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zamora
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011584:Psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D013030:Spain