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Purpose: To summarise recommendations about 20 non-surgical interventions for recent onset (<12 weeks) non-specific low back pain (LBP) and lumbar radiculopathy (LR) based on two guidelines from the Danish Health Authority., Methods: Two multidisciplinary working groups formulated recommendations based on the GRADE approach., Results: Sixteen recommendations were based on evidence, and four on consensus. Management of LBP and LR should include information about prognosis, warning signs, and advise to remain active. If treatment is needed, the guidelines suggest using patient education, different types of supervised exercise, and manual therapy. The guidelines recommend against acupuncture, routine use of imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs, and opioids., Conclusion: Recommendations are based on low to moderate quality evidence or on consensus, but are well aligned with recommendations from international guidelines. The guideline working groups recommend that research efforts in relation to all aspects of management of LBP and LR be intensified.

Objective: To determine whether there is a short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic., Design: A randomized controlled trial., Setting: A private chiropractic practice and the National Health Service's health visitor nurses in the suburb Ballerup (Copenhagen, Denmark)., Subjects: Infants seen by the health visitor nurses, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for infantile colic., Intervention: One group received spinal manipulation for 2 weeks, the other was treated with the drug dimethicone for 2 weeks., Outcome Measure: Changes in daily hours of crying as registered in a colic diary., Results: By trial days 4 to 7, hours of crying were reduced by 1 hour in the dimethicone group compared with 2.4 hours in the manipulation group (P = .04). On days 8 through 11, crying was reduced by 1 hour for the dimethicone group, whereas crying in the manipulation group was reduced by 2.7 hours (P = .004). From trial day 5 onward the manipulation group did significantly better that the dimethicone group., Conclusion: Spinal manipulation is effective in relieving infantile colic.