title: Low back pain.
abstract: The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has an ongoing effort to create evidence-based practice guidelines for orthopaedic physical therapy management of patients with musculoskeletal impairments described in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). The purpose of these low back pain clinical practice guidelines, in particular, is to describe the peer-reviewed literature and make recommendations related to (1) treatment matched to low back pain subgroup responder categories, (2) treatments that have evidence to prevent recurrence of low back pain, and (3) treatments that have evidence to influence the progression from acute to chronic low back pain and disability.
authors.affiliation: School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. delitto@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delitto
authors.forename: Steven Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Dillen
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: Gwendolyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shekelle
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Denninger
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Godges
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D055502:Secondary Prevention