Table 1.
Characteristics of included guidelines
| Guideline | Year of Publication | Title | Publisher | Country | Main Topic | Number of relevant recommendations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACOEM | 2019 | Low back disorders – Update 2019 | American Collage of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | USA | Treatment of LBP | 178 |
| ACP | 2017 | Noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute and chronic low back pain: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians | American College of Physicians | USA | Noninvasive xtreatment of LBP | 3 |
| BMASK | 2018 | Update der evidenz- und konsensbasierten Österreichischen Leitlinie für das Management akuter, subakuter, chronischer und rezidivierender unspezifischer Kreuzschmerzen 201 | Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz | Austria | Treatment of non-specific LBP | 91 |
| CCGI | 2018 | Spinal manipulative therapy and other conservative treatments for low back pain: a guideline from the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative | Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative | Canada | Spinal manipulative therapy and other conservative treatments for LBP | 4 |
| ICSI | 2018 | Adult acute and subacute LBP – Update 2018 | Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement | USA | Diagnosis and treatment of LBP | 12 |
| KCE | 2017 | LBP and radicular pain: evaluation and management | Belgian Health Care Knowledge Center | Belgium | Diagnosis and treatment of LBP and radicular pain | 33 |
| NASS | 2020 | Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain | North American Spine Society | USA | Diagnosis and treatment of LBP | 73 |
| NICE | 2016 | Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | UK | Diagnosis and treatment of LBP and sciatica | 34 |
| NVL | 2017 | Nationale VersorgungsLeitlinie Kreuzschmerz | Bundesärztekammer; Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung; Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften | Germany | Treatment of acute or chronic non-specific LBP | 84 |
| VA/DoD | 2017 | VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for diagnosis and treatment of LBP | Department of Veterans Affairs; Department of Defense | USA | Diagnosis and treatment of LBP | 37 |
ACOEM = American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; ACP = American College of Physicians; BMASK = Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz; CCGI = Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative; DoD = Department of Defense; ICSI = Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; KCE = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Center; LBP = Low Back Pain; NASS = North American Spine Society; NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; NVL = Nationale VersorgungsLeitlinie; VA = Veterans Affairs.