Best Practices First Draft Chapter (Low Back) Ready for Review and Input

The Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP) would like to announce that the first draft chapter (low back) of the best practices document that has been developed over the past few years is now posted online for stakeholder commentary at www.ccgpp.org. . There is a slide show on the first page that describes the rationale and process, and if readers select the "View Document" tab, information about the low back chapter and a link to the document may be found on that page. This is a rated review of literature, not guidelines.

We request and thank you for completing the survey at the conclusion of your examination of this draft, and there is a link for our survey page at the conclusion. Organizations reaching consensus decisions about the document will submit their comments via a somewhat different mechanism to be detailed in press releases over the next two days. This draft will remain online for 60 days and then then may be altered, relative to stakeholder contributions. The next chapter draft is expected to be cervical spine, in approximately two months. One to three more chapters are planned to follow by the fall.

Many thanks to those of you receiving this email for your interest and to those of you who have also directly contributed to this significant effort. We look forward to it helping our doctors and those whom they serve, as well as all others who interact with the chiropractic profession. Special thanks to Drs. Bill Meeker and Dana Lawrence, the low back chapter team leads, as well as to Dr. John Triano, our research commission chair, for all their hard work, among others.

Best regards,
Gene
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Eugene A. Lewis, D.C., M.P.H.
Immediate Past Chairman
Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (U. S.)
PO Box 2542 Lexington, SC 29071 - 803.808.0640 - Fax 803.356.6826 - ccgpp@sc.rr.com - http://www.ccgpp.org/