THE GLOBAL SPINE CARE INITIATIVE (GSCI)
This group is an international scientific secretariat which grew out of World Spine Care work and received funding from the Skoll Foundation to update the literature around spinal disorders and their management, with a focus on low and middle-income communities.
Below is a recent set of publications that will help to raise awareness of the burden of spine conditions, and in particular the challenges faced for people living in low and middle income communities and the providers/systems that support spine services in these settings. Published in the European Spine Journal September 2018.
1. Acaroglu E, Mmopelwa T, Yuksel S, Ayhan S, Nordin M, Randhawa. K et al (2017)
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. Eur Spine J.
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. Eur Spine J.
2. Acaroglu E, Nordin M, Randhawa K, Chou R, Cote P, Mmopelwa T et al (2018)
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. Eur Spine J.
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. Eur Spine J.
3. Ameis A, Randhawa K, Yu H, Cote P, Haldeman S, Chou R et al (2017)
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. Eur Spine J.
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. Eur Spine J.
4. Cedraschi C, Nordin M, Haldeman S, Randhawa K, Kopansky-Giles D, Johnson CD et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: a narrative review of psychological and social issues in back pain in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: a narrative review of psychological and social issues in back pain in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
5. Chou R, Cote P, Randhawa K, Torres P, Yu H, Nordin M et al (2018)
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. Eur Spine J.
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. Eur Spine J.
6. Green BN, Johnson CD, Haldeman S, Kane EJ, Clay MB, Griffith E et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: public health and prevention interventions for common spine disorders in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: public health and prevention interventions for common spine disorders in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
7. Haldeman S, Johnson CD, Chou R, Nordin M, Côté P, Hurwitz EL et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: classification system for spine-related concerns. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: classification system for spine-related concerns. Eur Spine J.
8. Haldeman S, Johnson CD, Chou R, Nordin M, Côté P, Hurwitz EL et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: care pathway for people with spine-related concerns. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: care pathway for people with spine-related concerns. Eur Spine J.
9. Haldeman S, Nordin M, Chou R, Côté P, Hurwitz EL, Johnson CD, Randhawa K et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: World Spine Care executive summary on reducing spine-related disability in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: World Spine Care executive summary on reducing spine-related disability in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J.
10. Hurwitz EL, Randhawa K, Torres P, Yu H, Verville L, Hartvigsen J et al (2017)
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. Eur Spine J.
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. Eur Spine J.
11. Hurwitz EL, Randhawa K, Yu H, Cote P, Haldeman S (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: a summary of the global burden of low back and neck pain studies. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: a summary of the global burden of low back and neck pain studies. Eur Spine J.
12. Johnson CD, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Chou R, Côté P, Hurwitz EL et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures. Eur Spine J.
13. Johnson CD, Haldeman S, Chou R, Nordin M, Green BN, Côté P,Hurwitz EL et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: model of care and implementation. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: model of care and implementation. Eur Spine J.
14. Kopansky-Giles D, Johnson CD, Haldeman S, Chou R, Côté P, Green BN, Nordin M et al (2018)
The Global Spine Care Initiative: resources to implement a spine care program. Eur Spine J.
The Global Spine Care Initiative: resources to implement a spine care program. Eur Spine J.
15. Nordin M, Randhawa K, Torres P, Yu H, Haldeman S, Brady O, Cote P et al (2017)
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. Eur spine J.
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. Eur spine J.
16. Woolf AD.(2018)
Controlling the burden of spinal disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Eur Spine J.
Controlling the burden of spinal disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Eur Spine J.