Low Back Pain - What's Next? Stratified Care Compared to Current Practice

Launched by REGION OF SOUTHERN DENMARK · Nov 20, 2015

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ClinConnect Summary

Methods The study is a two-armed randomized controlled trial in Danish primary health care setting. In total 700 patients are included in the study.

The patients are randomised automatically by a developed database to; 1) Stratified care (treatment matched to stratification according to SBT) or 2) Control treatment (treatment based solely on clinical reasoning).

All data including patient consent is collected and monitored using a web-based data management system.

Gender

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients found eligible for referral to physiotherapy by the general practitioner (GP)
• • 18 years and above
• • understand Danish language.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Serious pathology (malignancy, inflammatory arthritis, etc.),
• • serious nerve root compression (cauda equina, paresis \<3),
• • influential comorbidity, psychiatric illness, personality disorder, spinal surgery during the last 6 months, pregnancy, or already receiving physiotherapy treatment.