Ep 172 - Behind the WHO Guidelines: Chronic Low Back Pain with Prof. Jan Hartvigsen

💭” I think most MSK care will shift away from a biomedical view toward a more behavioral approach’’ - Prof. Jan Hartvigsen

Our guest Prof. Jan Hartvigsen, PhD Epidemiology, Chiropractor, is an internationally leading researcher and research leader in musculoskeletal health. Jan has published over 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, his research has been cited more then 25,000 times. He has been a member of many national and international expert committees. He was member of the WHO Guideline Development Group for Primary Chronic Low Back Pain published in 2023. He was deputy-chair of the landmark Lancet Low Back Pain Series that was published in The Lancet in 2018. He has supervised 22 PhD students as main- or co-supervisor to completion. In 2020, Jan Hartvigsen was appointed Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II for meritorious service to Denmark through science. 

📚You will learn about:

• The guideline’s recommendations and the interventions it advises against 
• Why there’s a shift away from medications toward more behavioral and self-management approaches 
• The real-world challenges of changing how healthcare systems treat back pain 
• The role of clinicians in supporting self-management for patients and much more

🔎 Prof. Jan Hartvigsen’s resources of information: 

• WHO guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240081789
• The Lancet Low Back Pain Series: https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/low-back-pain
• Self-management at the core of back pain care: 10 key points for clinicians: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34116904/

📲 Prof. Jan Hartvigsen’s contact information: 

📱Facebook: Jan Hartvigsen

💻LinkedIn: Jan Hartvigsen

📸Instagram: @janhartvigsen1234

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