Table 1
A description of patients with LBP who, after 1 month of treatment, fit this management strategy: "I would refer the patient to another health care practitioner for a second opinion".
| General definition of symptoms/findings given as reasons | Total number of replies | Examples |
| Got worse or not better | 8 | Neurological symptoms Pain |
| Clinical findings (neurology) | 8 | Sudden anaesthesia Incontinence Neurological findings Radiating pain Cauda equina Foot drop |
| Signs of other possible diseases | 7 | Constitutional signs or symptoms High blood pressure Skin change Night pain/pain at rest Rapid weight loss Unexplained fever |
| Other aggravating circumstances | 4 | Antalgia Sciatica Unable to work Referred pain |