Logo

Log In Sign Up |  An official publication of: American College of Emergency Physicians
Navigation
  • Home
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • Clinical
    • Airway Managment
    • Case Reports
    • Critical Care
    • Guidelines
    • Imaging & Ultrasound
    • Pain & Palliative Care
    • Pediatrics
    • Resuscitation
    • Trauma & Injury
  • Resource Centers
    • mTBI Resource Center
  • Career
    • Practice Management
      • Benchmarking
      • Reimbursement & Coding
      • Care Team
      • Legal
      • Operations
      • Quality & Safety
    • Awards
    • Certification
    • Compensation
    • Early Career
    • Education
    • Leadership
    • Profiles
    • Retirement
    • Work-Life Balance
  • Columns
    • ACEP4U
    • Airway
    • Benchmarking
    • Brief19
    • By the Numbers
    • Coding Wizard
    • EM Cases
    • End of the Rainbow
    • Equity Equation
    • FACEPs in the Crowd
    • Forensic Facts
    • From the College
    • Images in EM
    • Kids Korner
    • Medicolegal Mind
    • Opinion
      • Break Room
      • New Spin
      • Pro-Con
    • Pearls From EM Literature
    • Policy Rx
    • Practice Changers
    • Problem Solvers
    • Residency Spotlight
    • Resident Voice
    • Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine
    • Sound Advice
    • Special OPs
    • Toxicology Q&A
    • WorldTravelERs
  • Resources
    • ACEP.org
    • ACEP Knowledge Quiz
    • Issue Archives
    • CME Now
    • Annual Scientific Assembly
      • ACEP14
      • ACEP15
      • ACEP16
      • ACEP17
      • ACEP18
      • ACEP19
    • Annals of Emergency Medicine
    • JACEP Open
    • Emergency Medicine Foundation
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Medical Editor in Chief
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Awards
    • Authors
    • Article Submission
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Subscribe
    • Privacy Policy
    • Copyright Information

A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain

By Michelle Lin, MD, MPH and Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS | on March 7, 2014 | 2 Comments
Opinion
  • Tweet
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Print-Friendly Version
A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain
You Might Also Like
  • Low Back Pain Emergencies Could Signal Neurological Injuries
  • Naproxen, Diazepam Evaluated for Treating Acute, Nontraumatic Low Back Pain
  • Opioid Risk Tool Pegs Addiction Likelihood at Less Than 0.2% for Low-Risk Chronic-Pain Patients
Explore This Issue
ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 03 – March 2014

Pages: 1 2 3 | Single Page

Topics: Back PainEmergency MedicineEmergency PhysicianImaging and UltrasoundPainPatient SafetyTrauma and Injury

Related

  • Is There Any Way Out for Spinal Epidural Abscess?

    November 7, 2025 - 1 Comment
  • Q&A with ACEP President L. Anthony Cirillo

    November 5, 2025 - 0 Comment
  • Overcoming Language Barriers in the Emergency Department

    October 21, 2025 - 0 Comment

Current Issue

ACEP Now: November 2025

Download PDF

Read More

About the Authors

Michelle Lin, MD, MPH

Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, is an attending emergency physician and a fellow in the Division of Health Policy Research and Translation in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She also serves as an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

View this author's posts »

Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS

Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS, is vice chair of quality and safety and chief of the Division of Health Policy Research and Translation in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He also serves as assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.

View this author's posts »

2 Responses to “A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain”

  1. July 1, 2015

    ACR Study Finds ER Imaging for Low-Back Pain Appropriate | Advantedge Newsletter Reply

    […] Lin, MD, MPH, Michelle and Schur, MD, MHS, Jeremiah D., “A High Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain,” ACEP Now, March 7, […]

  2. July 2, 2015

    ACR Study Finds ER Imaging for Low-Back Pain Appropriate | Emergency Medicine Reply

    […] Lin, MD, MPH, Michelle and Schur, MD, MHS, Jeremiah D., “A High Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain,” ACEP Now, March 7, […]

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*
*


Wiley
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Advertise
  • Cookie Preferences
Copyright © 2025 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial technologies or similar technologies. ISSN 2333-2603