Markers of Outcome - a Cohort Study of LBP in Primary Health Care

Launched by KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET · Apr 10, 2017

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OVERALL AIM This project aims to through a praxis study (aim 1), a cohort study of markers of outcome (aim 2) tailor a patient cantered physiotherapy primary health care intervention (aim 3) in a randomized controlled trial.

1. Through a praxis study evaluate how physiotherapists in primary care use patient reported instruments and clinical tests when targeting treatment in LBP.
2. To conduct a nation-wide cohort study in primary care to identify markers at baseline to predict a poor or a successful outcome of LBP in the long term of 12 months following physiotherapeutic primary care. The ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Males and females above 16 years of age reporting pain of at least 2/10 on a Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) sufficient to cause them to modify their activities of daily living, and seeking care for LBP, ability to read and speak the Swedish language.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participants are excluded if they have serious spinal pathology (i.e. fracture, metastatic disease), neurological disorders, severe spinal structural deformity, previous lower back surgery, pregnancy or other diagnoses that would require modification of the examination.