New Zealand Guidelines Group
New Zealand Guidelines Group - New Zealand Guideline - Completed

New Zealand Acute Low Back Pain Guide
Guideline Team

1 - Expert Panel
Peter Gow* Rheumatologist
Robin Griffiths* National Health Committee
Philippa Grimes Physiotherapist
Nicholas Kendall* Clinical Psychologist
Harry McNaughton Rehabilitation Medicine
Ross Nicholson Orthopaedic Surgeon
David Scott General Practitioner
Robin Taylor Chiropractor
Project Managers
Jenny Shieff ACC (Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation)
Margaret Youmans ACC (Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation)
Robin Griffiths* National Health Committee
* member of the original Core Services Committee group, which began the process of developing a guideline for acute low back pain.

2 - International team developing the Yellow Flags questionnaires
Steve Linton Orebro Medical Centre, Sweden
Chris Main Hope Hospital, Salford and University of Manchester, UK
Nicholas Kendall Clinical Psychologist (convening)

3 - Contributing professional bodies

NZ Society of Physiotherapists
School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago
NZ Manipulative Therapists’ Association
NZ Private Physiotherapists’ Association
NZ General Practitioners’ Association
Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
NZ Chiropractors’ Association
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
NZ Pain Society
NZ Register of Acupuncturists
NZ Register of Osteopaths
Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine
NZ Orthopaedic Association




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