Low Back Pain Information on Austrian Healthcare Websites: Often Inaccurate, Biomedically Oriented, and Not Aligned with Clinical Guidelines – A Cross-Sectional Study
Grenier, J.; Thiel, A. · physioscience · 2025 · Heft S 02 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction Low back pain (LBP) presents a substantial burden on individuals and society, with far-reaching personal, social, and economic consequences. Although the biopsychosocial model was introduced decades ago as a more holistic and human-centered framework for managing chronic pain, the biomedical model continues to dominate clinical reasoning and therapeutic strategies. The way LBP is communicated to patients significantly influences outcomes: biomedical language has been associated with increased anxiety, demand for imaging and invasive interventions, and reduced treatment efficacy. Moreover, early expo…