TY - JOUR T1 - Recommendations for shaping the future of low back pain prevention research JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 886 LP - 887 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103744 VL - 55 IS - 16 AU - Giovanni Ferreira AU - Mark Hancock Y1 - 2021/08/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/16/886.abstract N2 - Prevention is a fundamental tenet of medicine but has been largely ignored in low back pain (LBP), where clinical care and research have focused on the treatment of those currently experiencing an episode of LBP. For example, while a recent review of LBP prevention included 40 trials,1 there are several thousand trials evaluating treatments for LBP. Clinical practice guidelines are largely silent on the issue of prevention of LBP, providing little guidance to clinicians.It is now recognised that LBP is typically an episodic condition, with many people having a symptom trajectory that includes periods of recovery interspersed with frequent recurrences or ongoing low levels of pain with flare-ups.2 Much of the LBP burden, therefore, results from recurrences and flare-ups. Given this, we believe that the rationale and evidence for a greater focus on secondary or tertiary prevention are overwhelming. In this editorial, we outline recommendations for shaping future LBP prevention research to ensure the best use of research resources.Preventing a first-ever LBP episode … ER -