A new research paper by World Spine Care and the Global Spine Care Initiative published in Implementation Science Communications describes the implementation of a spine care program for a First Nations community in Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

This research project is supported by grants from Health Canada (SUAP), the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation. Two chiropractors have provided treatments for people with muscle and joint pain at no cost for the past year. In partnership with the community, the project will also develop a program to encourage movement based on traditional dance.

A recent article in the journal PAIN provided an update on The Lancet Low Back Pain Series. The Global Spine Care Initiative was included in this list of attempts to develop better system-level and policy approaches to address low back pain.

A newly published article in the journal World Neurosurgery revealed the most cited articles in global neurosurgery. Included in the top 17 list is a paper that was led by Drs. Bart Green, Claire Johnson, and Scott Haldeman for the Global Spine Care Initiative.