Low Back Pain Management in Primary Care Settings: A Mixed Methods Project

To explore low back pain management by chiropractors, physiotherapists and general practitioners in primary care settings. The project aims to describe the actions carried out in the respective practices and to compare similarities and differences within and across professions. Further, the project aims to explore the low back pain consultation from the patient and clinician perspective. By qualitative means, clinicians will be interviewed about how and why they choose their management strategies, and both patients and clinicians will be interviewed about expectations and experiences related to low back pain consultations.