Red Flags in Spinal Conditions

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What are red flags?

Part of the UK guidelines of an assessment for lower back pain is too rule out serious pathology and identify red flags (Koes et al 2010). Red flags are features from a patients subjective and objective assessment which is thought to put them at a higher risk of serious pathology and warrant referral for further diagnostic assessment (Henschke et al 2013). Red flags are often a contraindication to many Physiotherapy treatments.

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