Volume 29, Issue 156, February 2025

Low Back Pain in primary health care: Diagnostic triage and treatment

Aleksandra Anioła^1♦, Sandra Ważniewicz¹, Jagoda Saniuk²

¹University Clinical Hospital in Poznań, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355 Poznań, Poland
²Voivodeship Hospital in Poznań, Juraszów 7/19, 60-479 Poznań, Poland

^♦Corresponding Author
University Clinical Hospital in Poznań, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355 Poznań, Poland

ABSTRACT

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common causes of appointments in primary health care. It leads to a significant reduction in physical activity and the inability to work. Most people experience acute LBP at least once in their lives. In the GP's practice, performing a differential diagnosis and excluding possible red flags that may suggest a condition requiring urgent intervention is extremely important. Diagnostic triage relies on assigning a patient with LBP to one of three groups: Specific spinal pathology, radicular syndrome, and non-specific LBP. Treatment depends on the underlying cause of the pain; however, the great majority of patients belong to the non-specific LBP group.

Keywords: Low back pain; primary health care; red flag; diagnostic triage; nonspecific low back pain

Medical Science, 2025, 29, e31ms3531

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v29i156.e31ms3531

Published: 12 February 2025