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Data analysis was conducted from January to December 2022.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Interventions<\/jats:title>Risk-stratified care, in which participants received physiotherapy treatment tailored for their risk category (low, medium, or high), or usual care, in which care was determined by participants\u2019 general practitioners and may have included a referral to physiotherapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The primary outcome was the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) score at 1 year, with planned secondary outcomes of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference (PI) and Physical Function (PF) scores. Raw downstream health care utilization was also reported within each group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Analysis included 270 participants (99 [34.1%] female participants; mean [SD] age, 34.1 [8.5] years). Only 21 patients (7.2%) were classified as high risk. 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