Teamwork tackles back pain: new study tests coordinated care

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients between the ages of 18 and 65 * Patients consulting their GP for a first or new eisode of acute low back pain (more than 12 months from the previous one) with a STarT Back screening tool score greater than 3. * OR low back pain at risk of chronicity (presence of yellow flags, according to the recommendation of the High Health Authority (HAS) of 2019 * OR recurrent low back pain: in the event of recurrence of low back pain within 12 months after the previous episode, then considered to be at risk of chronicity * OR having chronic low back pain (low back pain for more than 3 months) * Patients benefiting from the general social security system * Patients who understand and speak French fluently * Patients who have given their consent after having received complete information on the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Minor patients * Pregnant women (declared pregnancy) or immediately postpartum (up to 3 months) * Patients with "red flags" (serious neurological impairment, cancer, infection, fracture or inflammatory disease), according to the 2019 HAS recommendation * Patients referred immediately for imaging or specialist advice during the first consultation with the GP (suspicion of underlying pathology) * Patients with no history of acute low back pain, at low risk of chronicity (STarT Back screening tool score less than or equal to 3) * Patients with a contraindication to rehabilitation by physiotherapy * Patients who have already undergone spine surgery * Patients with cognitive impairment * Patients whose life expectancy is less than 12 months * Patients under guardianship or curatorship, under judicial protection or safeguard of justice * Patients not affiliated to the general social security system * Patients with difficulties in understanding the French language * Patients with an inability to give express consent