In 2022, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released its Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard, which has been endorsed by 19 professional associations. Professor Chris Maher, the first author of an editorial introducing the standard, answers some questions.

The International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) developed and endorsed a clinical reasoning framework to support clinicians to gauge the level of risk for vascular pathology following manual therapy or exercise to the cervical spine.

A group of researchers in Sydney and the Netherlands has tackled the need for estimates of the smallest worthwhile effect of some common interventions for low back pain. First author Harrison Hansford answers questions about the study.

JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY An interdisciplinary team from Perth, including two APA Neurological Physiotherapists, has systematically reviewed the evidence from qualitative and quantitative studies to determine the perceptions and experiences of constraint-induced movement therapy among stroke survivors, their carers, their therapists and managers of rehabilitation services. First author Ashan Weerakkody answers a few questions about the review.