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Choosing Wisely Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association

Although used in clinical practice for many years, current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines do not endorse electrotherapy modalities (such as ultrasound, laser, interferential) in the management of low back pain, due to lack of evidence of effects on clinically relevant outcomes. Instead, patients with (sub)acute low back pain should be reassured of a favourable prognosis, advised to stay active, and be referred for prescribed analgesia if necessary. For chronic low back pain, ...

Choosing Wisely Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association

Postoperative pulmonary complications occur in ~40% of patients undergoing open coronary artery surgery and upper abdominal surgery. A Cochrane review of 592 open coronary artery surgery patients found no significant benefit on pulmonary complication risk of incentive spirometry over no treatment for atelectasis, pneumonia, or length of hospital stay. Another Cochrane review of 1834 upper abdominal surgery patients found no significant benefit on pulmonary complication risk of incentive ...

Choosing Wisely Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association

Most clinically significant acute ankle injuries can be diagnosed with history, examination, and selective use of plain radiography. The Ottawa Ankle Rules dictate selective use of plain radiography in patients with acute ankle injury is useful in identifying patients who have sustained clinically important fracture, dislocation, and osteochondral injuries. However, acute ligamentous injuries involving the anterior talofibular ligament can be diagnosed clinically and treated symptomatically. ...

Choosing Wisely Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association

Cervical spine imaging of every trauma patient is costly and results in significant radiation exposure to a large number of patients, very few of whom will have a spinal column injury. The Canadian C-Spine rule identifies patients who can safely be managed without imaging with high sensitivity.

Choosing Wisely Australia

The Australian Physiotherapy Association

Trials have consistently shown that there is no advantage from routine imaging of non-specific low back pain and there are some potential harms. Imaging is instead recommended for cases of low back pain where there is a suspicion of an underlying medically serious disease, like cancer or infection. In people who present to primary care with low back pain, medically serious disease is uncommon. Patients with a higher likelihood of medically serious disease as the cause of their low back pain can ...