Authors
Scott Haldeman, Claire D Johnson, Roger Chou, Margareta Nordin, Pierre Côté, Eric L Hurwitz, Bart N Green, Christine Cedraschi, Emre Acaroğlu, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Arthur Ameis, Afua Adjei-Kwayisi, Selim Ayhan, Fiona Blyth, David Borenstein, O’Dane Brady, Peter Brooks, Connie Camilleri, Juan M Castellote, Michael B Clay, Fereydoun Davatchi, Robert Dunn, Christine Goertz, Erin A Griffith, Maria Hondras, Edward J Kane, Nadège Lemeunier, John Mayer, Tiro Mmopelwa, Michael Modic, Jean Moss, Rajani Mullerpatan, Elijah Muteti, Lillian Mwaniki, Madeleine Ngandeu-Singwe, Geoff Outerbridge, Kristi Randhawa, Heather Shearer, Erkin Sönmez, Carlos Torres, Paola Torres, Leslie Verville, Adriaan Vlok, William Watters, Chung Chek Wong, Hainan Yu
Publication date
2018/9
Journal
European Spine Journal
Volume
27
Pages
901-914
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to describe the development of an evidence-based care pathway that can be implemented globally.
Methods
The Global Spine Care Initiative (GSCI) care pathway development team extracted interventions recommended for the management of spinal disorders from six GSCI articles that synthesized the available evidence from guidelines and relevant literature. Sixty-eight international and interprofessional clinicians and scientists with expertise in spine-related conditions were invited to participate. An iterative consensus process was used.
Results
After three rounds of review, 46 experts from 16 countries reached consensus for the care pathway that includes five decision steps: awareness, initial triage, provider assessment, interventions (e.g., non-invasive treatment; invasive …
Scholar articles
S Haldeman, CD Johnson, R Chou, M Nordin, P Côté… - European Spine Journal, 2018