“Gleaning a lot from the history and physical exam,” and “reasonably confident without imaging”: a qualitative study of primary care clinicians' management of patients with low back pain

Abstract Background Routine seeking of imaging for patients with low back pain is not concordant with the evidence-based recommendation that imaging is rarely of diagnostic value. Inappropriate imaging is a waste of resources and can lead to undesirable downstream effects for individuals and health...

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Published in:	BMC Primary Care
Main Authors:	Lynn Haslam-Larmer, Kathleen E. Norman, Andrea M. Patey, Isabella M. Thomas, Michael E. Green, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Jill A. Hayden, Jan Hartvigsen, Noah M. Ivers, Hazel Jenkins, Simon D. French
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-02-01
Subjects:	Low back pain Guidelines Imaging Theoretical Domains Framework
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02726-z