Welcome to the website of the Cochrane Back Review Group (CBRG), one of 53 international Review Groups. The CBRG coordinates the publication of literature reviews of diagnosis, primary and secondary prevention and treatment of neck and back pain and other spinal disorders, excluding inflammatory diseases and fractures. 

On this site, you will find links to the Cochrane Collaboration, The Cochrane Library, the Institute for Work & Health and a variety of resources to help you complete your systematic review.

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions.