{"id":12808,"date":"2023-02-10T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T05:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2023-02-13T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T23:20:29","slug":"severe-low-back-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/stars-gazer\/severe-low-back-pain","title":{"rendered":"New UQ and Metro North study comparing treatments for persistent severe low back pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12811 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image.jpg\" alt=\"STARS lumbar spine fusion surgery image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/stars-lumbar-spine-fusion-image.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/>Project lead and Director of the STARS Education and Research Alliance conjoint UQ Professor Nadine Foster is leading a collaborative team to deliver a randomised clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of lumbar spine fusion surgery and non-surgical care for patients with persistent severe low back pain.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cLow back pain is the most common musculoskeletal problem in Australia and is the leading cause of activity limitation and work absenteeism,\u201d Professor Foster said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhilst education, self-management, exercise, and cognitive interventions are recommended in guidelines and the current Australian Low Back Pain Standard, some patients do not improve with these treatments and may be considered candidates for lumbar fusion surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lumbar fusion surgery involves permanently connecting two or more vertebrae in the spine, thought to improve stability and reduce pain.<\/p>\n<p>The research will provide evidence to reduce the current clinical uncertainty about the role of this type of surgery for this patient population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cOur aim is to provide world-leading evidence to compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of lumbar fusion surgery versus best conservative care. We are conducting two trials, FORENSIC-UK and FORENSIC-Australia, to address this,\u201d Professor Foster said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThis new Australian trial will also build orthopaedic and pain research capacity in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK trial is funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology program, and the Australian trial is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) through the NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Grant.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project lead and Director of the STARS Education and Research Alliance conjoint UQ Professor Nadine Foster is leading a collaborative team to deliver a randomised clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of lumbar spine fusion surgery and non-surgical care for patients with persistent severe low back pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars-gazer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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