Designed for health professionalsModular e-learning course for
all professionals engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain.
Developed by specialistsLearn from world leaders in pain medicine
education and standards.
Flexible and easy to useOptimised for desktop and mobile devices.
Each module designed to be completed in one hour.
Be part of the solutionOnly one in five chronic pain sufferers get
best-practice care.
Module 5: Lower back pain: assessment and management in primary care
Content authors
Associate Professor Helen Slater
Clinical Researcher and Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University, WA.
Dr Max Sarma, FRACGP, FFPMANZCA
Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas.
Dr Stephanie Davies, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA
WA Specialist Pain Services
Associate Professor Andrew Zacest, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FFPMANZCA
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, SA. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA.
Activity authors
Sue Markham, BAppSci, NSW. Raquel Newman BVSc, MANZCVSc (emergency and critical care) Vic.
Learning objectives
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, SA
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
On completing this activity participants should be able to:
Describe an evidence-informed, structured approach to the assessment of patients with low back pain (LBP).
Outline signs and symptoms of serious medical conditions in LBP presentations.
Understand what defines an evidence-informed, structured physical examination to further define the clinical problem(s).
Outline the reasons why unimodal management of LBP is inappropriate and why a multimodal based approach to patient care is more likely to be effective.
Describe evidence informed management to non-specific LBP presentations.
Develop an evidence-based approach to assessing low back pain using practical and time-efficient strategies. Specialist clinicians demonstrate how to further define clinical problems using structured physical examinations. Understand why a multimodal vs unimodal approach to low back pain presentations is likely to be more effective.
