Cochrane in CORR®: Red Flags to Screen for Vertebral Fracture in Patients Presenting With Low-back Pain

1Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2Research Institute of St. Joseph's Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 3Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada K. Madden ✉, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, McMaster University T3219-50 Charlton Ave E, Hamilton ON L8N 4A6, Canada, Email: [email protected] A note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to publish the next installment of "Cochrane in CORR®", our partnership between CORR®, The Cochrane Collaboration®, and McMaster University's Evidence-Based Orthopaedics Group. In this column, researchers from McMaster University and other institutions will provide expert perspective on an abstract originally published in The Cochrane Library that we think is especially important. We welcome reader feedback on our editorials as we do on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to[email protected]. Williams CM, Henschke N, Maher CG, et al. Red flags to screen for verterbral fracture in patients presenting with low-back pain (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023;11:CD008643. The authors certify that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to feedback, and the Cochrane Library (http://www.thecochranelibrary.com) should be consulted for the most recent version of the review. Copyright© 2024 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This Cochrane in CORR® column refers to the abstract available at: DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008643.pub3.