Physiotherapists as first-contact practitioners for patients with low back pain in French primary care: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Amélie Kechichian (Author), François Desmeules (Author), Pauline Girard (Author), Hugo Terrisse (Author), Céline Vermorel (Author), Nicolas Pinsault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A new model of care enables French physiotherapists (PT) working in collaboration with family physicians (FP) to expand their usual scope of practice for patients with acute low back pain (LBP). The aim of our study is to evaluate the impact of this new first-contact physiotherap...