[Clinical pathway - conservative back pain treatment]

Orthopade. 2010 Aug;39(8):764-70. doi: 10.1007/s00132-010-1625-1.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Back pain is a very common clinical picture. The causes are often not only somatic, which generally has led to a biopsychosocial understanding of this disease. Therefore, it is necessary to employ a multimodal treatment approach to achieve effective and longer-lasting relief. Such a concept requires the cooperation of multiple disciplines in a sophisticated and strongly organized manner. In our clinic we have developed a clinical pathway for conservative back pain treatment that avoids the use of too much time by careful coordination of the therapy elements. It has proven to be a successful tool for the efficient treatment of patients with primarily somatically caused back pain. The following article describes this clinical pathway.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Back Pain / diagnosis*
  • Back Pain / therapy*
  • Critical Pathways / organization & administration*
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational*
  • Orthopedics / organization & administration*