Volume 27, supplement issue 6, September 2018

The Global Spine Care Initiative: A proposal to reduce the global burden of disease and disability caused by spinal disorders

Issue editors

Scott Haldeman, Margareta Nordin, Roger Chou, Eric L. Hurwitz, Pierre Côté, Claire D. Johnson

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: World Spine Care executive summary on reducing spine‑related disability in low‑ and middle‑income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a summary of the global burden of low back and neck pain studies

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a systematic review of individual and community-based burden of spinal disorders in rural populations in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a systematic review for the assessment of spine-related complaints in populations with limited resources and in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a narrative review of psychological and social issues in back pain in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a narrative review of psychological and social issues in back pain in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: public health and prevention interventions for common spine disorders in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: applying evidence-based guidelines on the non-invasive management of back and neck pain to low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a review of reviews and recommendations for the non-invasive management of acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture pain in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a summary of guidelines on invasive interventions for the management of persistent and disabling spinal pain in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: a consensus process to develop and validate a stratification scheme for surgical care of spinal disorders as a guide for improved resource utilization in low- and middle-income communities

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: classification system for spine-related concerns

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: care pathway for people with spine-related concerns

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: resources to implement a spine care program

• The Global Spine Care Initiative: model of care and implementation