NICE clinical guidelines
Issued: May 2009
CG88
Low back pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
This is an extract from the guidance and may be misleading if read alone. The complete guidance is available at guidance.nice.org.uk/cg88
5 Other versions of this guideline
5.1 Full guideline
The full guideline, 'Low back pain: early management of persistent non-specific low back pain' contains details of the methods and evidence used to develop the guideline. It is published by the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care and is available from our website.
5.2 Quick reference guide
A quick reference guide for healthcare professionals is available.
5.3 'Understanding NICE guidance'
Information for patients and carers ('Understanding NICE guidance') is available.
We encourage NHS and voluntary sector organisations to use text from this booklet in their own information about low back pain.