Determining the Impact of a Physiotherapist-Led Primary Care Model for Low Back Pain: Protocol and Analysis Plan for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Embedded Process Evaluation

Jordan Miller   ^{1, 2} , PT, PhD ;   Catherine Donnelly   ^{1, 2} , OT, PhD ;   Chad McClintock   ^{1, 2} , PT, MSc ;   Kevin Varette   ¹ , PT, MSc ;   Yeimi Camargo   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Jacquelyn Marsh   ³ , PhD ;   Monica Taljaard   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Mir Sanim Al Mamun   ¹ , MPH ;   Geneviève Bacchus   ¹ , BHSc ;   David Barber   ⁶ , MD ;   Lynn Cooper   ⁷ , MA ;   Simon French   ⁸ , PhD ;   Jonathan Hill   ⁹ , PhD ;   Michael Green   ^{2, 6, 10} , MD, MPH ;   Joy MacDermid   ³ , PhD ;   Kathleen Norman   ¹ , PhD ;   Julie Richardson   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Joan Tranmer   ¹² , PhD ;   Timothy Wideman   ¹³ , PhD

¹ School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

² Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

³ School of Physical Therapy, Western University, London, ON, Canada

⁴ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁵ Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁷ Canadian Injured Worker's Alliance, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

⁸ Spinal Pain Research Centre, Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

⁹ School of Allied Health Professionals, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, United Kingdom

¹⁰ NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

¹¹ School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹² School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

¹³ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada