Practice Guidelines

"Clinical practice guidelines are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options."

This definition is from: Institute of Medicine (US). Committee on Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.

Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research scientists, research associates and external colleagues have developed or critically appraised guidelines as components of various projects, including the OPTIMa Collaboration and the Global Spine Care Initiative. Currently,  the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative (CCGI) produces guidelines, guideline summaries and care pathways. Led by Dr. Carol Cancelliere and supported byIDRR research associates and administrative staff, the CCGI's mission is "to develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and best practice recommendations, and facilitate their dissemination and implementation within the chiropractic profession".  View the CCGI publications list.

Below is a list of articles on guidelines published by  IDRR/CCGI researchers and colleagues.

• Acaroğlu E, Nordin M, Randhawa K, Chou R, Côté P, Mmopelwa T, Haldeman S. 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. 2018;27(Suppl 6):870-8. 
  
  
• Bussières A, Cancelliere C, Ammendolia C, Comer CM, Zoubi FA, Châtillon CE, Chernish G, Cox JM, Gliedt JA, Haskett D, Jensen RK, Marchand AA, Tomkins-Lane C, O'Shaughnessy J, Passmore S, Schneider MJ, Shipka P, Stewart G, Stuber K, Yee A, Ornelas J, Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative. Non-surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis leading to neurogenic claudication: A clinical practice guideline. J Pain. 2021:1-80. [epub ahead of print]
  
  
• Chou R, Côté P, Randhawa K, Torres P, Yu H, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Haldeman S, Cedraschi C. 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. 2018;27(Suppl 6):851-60. 
  
  
• Connell G, To D, Ashraf M, Verville L. Appraisal and summary of patellofemoral pain clinical practice guideline / [Évaluation et résumé des lignes directrices relatives à la prise en charge du syndrome fémoro-patellaire]. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2020;64(3):180-6.
  
  
• Côté P, Shearer H, Ameis A, Carroll L, Mior S, Nordin M, Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management Collaboration. Enabling Recovery from Common Traffic Injuries: A Focus on the Injured Person. Toronto, Ontario: UOIT-CMCC Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation; 2015. 
  
  
• Côté P, Boyle E, Shearer HM, Stupar M, Jacobs C, Cassidy JD, Carette S, van der Velde G, Wong JJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Ammendolia C, Hayden JA, van Tulder M, Frank JW. Is a government-regulated rehabilitation guideline more effective than general practitioner education or preferred-provider rehabilitation in promoting recovery from acute whiplash-associated disorders? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e021283. 
  
  
• Côté P, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Shearer HM, Mior S, Randhawa K, Ameis A, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Yu H, Lindsay GM, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Jacobs C, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, van der Velde G, Gross DP, Brison RJ, Paulden M, Ammendolia C, David Cassidy J, Loisel P, Marshall S, Bohay RN, Stapleton J, Lacerte M, Krahn M, Salhany R. Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur Spine J. 2016;25(7):2000-22. 
  
  
• Côté P, Yu H, Shearer HM, Randhawa K, Wong JJ, Mior S, Ameis A, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Varatharajan S, Sutton D, Southerst D, Jacobs C, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, Gross DP, Brison RJ, Paulden M, Ammendolia C, Cassidy JD, Loisel P, Marshall S, Bohay RN, Stapleton J, Lacerte M. Non-pharmacological management of persistent headaches associated with neck pain: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur J Pain. 2019;23(6):1051-70. 
  
  
• Dhopte P, French SD, Quon JA, Owens H, Bussières A, Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative. Guideline implementation in the Canadian chiropractic setting: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial and parallel study. Chiropr Man Therap. 2019;27:31.

• Lindsay GM, Mior SA, Côté P, Carroll LJ, Shearer HM. Patients' experiences with vehicle collision to inform the development of clinical practice guidelines: A narrative inquiry. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2016;39(3):218-28. 
  
  
• Sorondo D, Delpierre C, Côté P, Salmi LR, Cedraschi C, Taylor-Vaisey A, Lemeunier N. Determinants of clinical practice guidelines' utilization for the management of musculoskeletal disorders: A scoping review. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Jun 1;22(1):507. 
  
  
• Verville L, Côté P, Grondin D, Mior S, Kay R. The development and evaluation of an online educational tool for the evidence-based management of neck pain by chiropractic teaching faculty. J Chiropr Educ. 2021;35(1):95-101. 

• Verville L, Côté P, Grondin D, Mior S, Moodley K, Kay R, Taylor-Vaisey A. Using technology-based educational interventions to improve knowledge about clinical practice guidelines. J Chiropr Educ. 2021;35(1):149-57.
  
  
• Wong JJ, Côté P, Shearer HM, Carroll LJ, Yu H, Varatharajan S, Southerst D, van der Velde G, Jacobs C, Taylor-Vaisey A. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of conditions related to traffic collisions: A systematic review by the [Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management] OPTIMa Collaboration. Disabil Rehabil. 2015;37(6):471-89. 
  
  
• Wong JJ, Côté P, Sutton DA, Randhawa K, Yu H, Varatharajan S, Goldgrub R, Nordin M, Gross DP, Shearer HM, Carroll LJ, Stern PJ, Ameis A, Southerst D, Mior S, Stupar M, Varatharajan T, Taylor-Vaisey A. Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur J Pain. 2017;21(2):201-16. 
  
  
• Yu H, Côté P, Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Mior S, Cancelliere C, Randhawa K, Ameis A, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Varatharajan S, Sutton D, Southerst D, Jacobs C, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, Gross DP, Brison RJ, Paulden M, Ammendolia C, Cassidy JD, Marshall S, Bohay RN, Stapleton J, Lacerte M. Noninvasive management of soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur J Pain. 2021 Aug;30(8):2091-2101.