Society guideline links: Upper spine and neck disorders

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group (2022)

●International Headache Society (IHS): International classification of headache disorders, 3rd edition (2018)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order neck radiographs in patients who have a negative examination using the Canadian C-spine rules (2015, updated 2021)

●Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative (CCGI): The treatment of neck pain-associated disorders and whiplash-associated disorders – A clinical practice guideline (2016)

●Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration: Clinical practice guideline for management of neck pain and associated disorders (2016)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on myelopathy, update (2021)

●ACR-American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)-Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR): Practice parameter for the performance of computed tomography (CT) of the extracranial head and neck (2001, revised 2021)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on cervical neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (2018)

●ACR-ASNR-SPR: Practice parameter for the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head and neck (2002, revised 2018)

●American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS): Guidelines for the management of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injuries (2013)

●American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP): An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain – Introduction and general considerations (2013)

●ASIPP: An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain – Guidance and recommendations (2013)

●American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA): Practice guidelines for chronic pain management (2010)

●North American Spine Society (NASS): Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders (2010)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance for prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement in the cervical spine (2010)

Australia–New Zealand

●Motor Accidents Authority (MAA) of New South Wales (NSW): Guidelines for the management of acute whiplash associated disorders for health professionals, 3rd edition (2014)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA): Cervical spondylotic myelopathy clinical practice guidelines (2015)