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The Royal College of Nurses (RCN) learning zone website has an online training module covering health and work.

Similarly, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine produced the Medical Guidelines for management of low back pain, its evidential review for the management of simple low back pain.

Other professional groups' web sites provide useful guidelines on the management of low back pain including:

  • The Royal College of GPs
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
  • General Council of Chiropractors
  • General Osteopathic Council
  • European Guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care
  • The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

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Updated 21.05.09