The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 648-657, August 2009

Effectiveness of a low back pain classification system

  • Hamilton Hall, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • CBI Health Group Research Department, 900-3300 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario M8X 2X2, Canada
  • ,
  • Greg McIntosh, MSc

      Affiliations

    • CBI Health Group Research Department, 900-3300 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario M8X 2X2, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: (416) 428-1030, (800) 463-2225; fax: (416) 231-0091.
  • ,
  • Christina Boyle, PT

      Affiliations

    • CBI Health Group Research Department, 900-3300 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario M8X 2X2, Canada

Received 5 November 2008; accepted 17 April 2009. published online 05 June 2009.

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 Presented at: Canadian Spine Society, 8th Annual Meeting, March 12–15, 2008, Sun Peaks, British Columbia, Canada; International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 35th Annual Meeting, May 25–30, 2008, Geneva, Switzerland; North American Spine Society, 23rd Annual Meeting, October 14–18, 2008, Toronto, Canada; Society for Back Pain Research, Annual General Meeting, November 6–7, 2008, Staffordshire, England.

 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: HH (medical director, CBI Health); GM (epidemiologist, CBI Health); CB (director of standards and accreditation, CBI Health).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00165-X

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.017

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 648-657, August 2009