Christopher M Williams

Summary

Affiliation: The George Institute for International Health
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Low back pain and best practice care: A survey of general practice physicians
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for International Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    Arch Intern Med 170:271-7. 2010
  2. ncbi Red flags to screen for vertebral fracture in patients presenting with low-back pain
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for GlobalHealth, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1:CD008643. 2013
  3. ncbi PACE--the first placebo controlled trial of paracetamol for acute low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, PO Box M201 Missenden Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2040, Australia
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:169. 2010
  4. ncbi How is recovery from low back pain measured? A systematic review of the literature
    Steven J Kamper
    The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
    Eur Spine J 20:9-18. 2011

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Low back pain and best practice care: A survey of general practice physicians
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for International Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    Arch Intern Med 170:271-7. 2010
    ..We aimed to describe the usual care provided by general practitioners (GPs) and to compare this with recommendations of best practice in international evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute LBP...
  2. ncbi Red flags to screen for vertebral fracture in patients presenting with low-back pain
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for GlobalHealth, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1:CD008643. 2013
    ..All 'evidence-based' clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of red flags to screen for serious causes of back pain. However, it remains unclear if the diagnostic accuracy of red flags is sufficient to support this recommendation...
  3. ncbi PACE--the first placebo controlled trial of paracetamol for acute low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial
    Christopher M Williams
    The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, PO Box M201 Missenden Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2040, Australia
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:169. 2010
    ..A secondary aim is to determine if ingesting paracetamol in a time-contingent manner is more effective than paracetamol taken when required (PRN) for recovery from acute LBP...
  4. ncbi How is recovery from low back pain measured? A systematic review of the literature
    Steven J Kamper
    The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
    Eur Spine J 20:9-18. 2011
    ..It is likely that the failure to use a standardised measure of recovery is due to the absence of an established definition, and highlights the need for such a definition in back pain research...