The Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation is a journal whose main focus is to present practical information about the interdisciplinary approach to musculoskeletal rehabilitation for clinicians who treat patients with back and musculoskeletal pain complaints. It will provide readers with both 1) a general fund of knowledge on the assessment and management of specific problems and 2) new information considered to be state-of-the-art in the field. The intended audience is multidisciplinary as well as multi-specialty. In each issue clinicians can find information which they can use in their patient setting the very next day. Manuscripts are provided from a range of health care providers including those in physical medicine, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, neurosurgery, physical therapy, radiology, osteopathy, chiropractic and nursing on topics ranging from chronic pain to sports medicine. Diagnostic decision trees and treatment algorithms are encouraged in each manuscript. Controversial topics are discussed in commentaries and rebuttals. Associated areas such as medical-legal, worker's compensation and practice guidelines are included. The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, case studies and programme descriptions. Letters to the editors, commentaries, and editorials are also welcomed. Manuscripts are peer reviewed. Constructive critiques are given to each author. Suggestions for thematic issues and proposed manuscripts are welcomed.

《背部和肌肉骨骼康復雜志》是一本雜志，其主要關注的是為治療背部和肌肉骨骼疼痛患者的臨床醫師提供有關肌肉骨骼康復跨學科方法的實用信息。它將為讀者提供1）有關評估和管理具體問題的一般知識基金，2）被認為是該領域最先進的新信息。目標受眾是多學科和多專業的。在每一期中，臨床醫師都可以找到第二天在患者設置中可以使用的信息。手稿是由一系列的醫療保健提供者提供的，包括那些在物理醫學，骨科手術，風濕病學，神經外科，物理治療，放射學，骨病，脊椎療法和護理的主題從慢性疼痛到運動醫學。每篇手稿都鼓勵使用診斷決策樹和治療算法。有爭議的話題在評論和反駁中討論。相關領域包括醫療法律、工人賠償和實踐指南。該雜志出版原始研究論文、評論文章、案例研究和項目描述。也歡迎給編輯、評論和社論的信。手稿是同行評審的。每個作者都會受到建設性的批評。歡迎就主題問題和擬議的手稿提出建議。