PMID: 22569488May 10, 2012Paper

Predictors of functional outcome in patients with chronic low back pain undergoing back school, individual physiotherapy or spinal manipulation

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
F CecchiR Molino-Lova

Abstract

Recent studies on chronic low back pain (cLBP) rehabilitation suggest that predictors of treatment outcome may be differ according to the considered conservative treatment. To identify predictors of response to back school (BS), individual physiotherapy (IP) or spinal manipulation (SM) for cLBP. outpatients with cLBP. Outpatient rehabilitation department. Retrospective analysis from a randomized trial. Two hundred and ten patients with cLBP were randomly assigned to either BS, IP or SM; the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RM) was assessed before and after treatment: those who decreased their RM score <2.5 were considered non-responders. Baseline potential predictors of outcome included demographics, general and cLBP history, life satisfaction. Of the 205 patients who completed treatment (140/205 women, age 58+14 years), non-responders were 72 (34.2%). SM showed the highest functional improvement and the lowest non-response rate. In a multivariable logistic regression, lower baseline RM score (OR 0.82, 95% CI 0.76-0.89, P<0.001) and received treatment (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.21-0.50, P<0.001) were independent predictors of non-response. Being in the lowest tertile of baseline RM score (<6) predicted non response to treatment ...Continue Reading

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