Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2010
Prognostic factors for perceived recovery or functional improvement in non-specific low back pain: secondary analyses of three randomized clinical trials.
Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Mixed Comparison of Interventions for Kinesiophobia in Individuals With Musculoskeletal Pain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of journal impact factor, reporting conflicts, and reporting funding sources, on standardized effect sizes in back pain trials: a systematic review and meta-regression.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2015Pooled it
- The influence of employment social support for risk and prognosis in nonspecific back pain: a systematic review and critical synthesis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2013Pooled it
- Physiotherapy with integrated virtual reality for patients with severe chronic low back pain: cluster-randomized controlled trial (VARIETY).BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Trial
- Course and prognosis of recovery for chronic non-specific low back pain: design, therapy program and baseline data of a prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2011Trial
- A randomised controlled trial among cleaners--effects on strength, balance and kinesiophobia.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- Change in self-reported activity in chronic low back pain after 13 years - a prospective longitudinal cohort study in primary healthcare.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
- Prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of chronic pain in the Spanish population. Results from the pain barometer.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The association of the STarT Back Screening Tool and type of leg pain with low back pain disability trajectories: a prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Stressors and Pain across the Late-Life Span: Findings from Two Parent Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Health.Journal of aging and health · 2023Article
- The test-retest reliability and minimal clinically important difference of the Dubousset Functional Test and its correlation with Rolland Morris disability questionnaire in chronic non-specific low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- Physiotherapy with integrated virtual reality for patients with complex chronic low back pain: protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (VARIETY study).BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Move to health-a holistic approach to the management of chronic low back pain: an intervention and implementation protocol developed for a pragmatic clinical trial.Journal of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Understanding the Psychological, Physiological, and Genetic Factors Affecting Precision Pain Medicine: A Narrative Review.Journal of pain research · 2021Review
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- Life Stressors: Elevations and Disparities Among Older Adults with Pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2020Article
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- Efficacy of an integrated, active rehabilitation protocol in patients ≥ 65 years of age with chronic mechanical low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020Article
- Development of a standard set of outcome measures for non-specific low back pain in Dutch primary care physiotherapy practices: a Delphi study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to report on secondary analyses of a merged trial dataset aimed at exploring the potential importance of patient factors associated with clinically relevant improvements in non-acute, non-specific low back pain (LBP). From 273 predominantly male army workers (mean age 39 +/- 10.5 years, range 20-56 years, 4 women) with LBP who were recruited in three randomized clinical trials, baseline individual patient factors, pain-related factors, work-related psychosocial factors, and psychological factors were evaluated as potential prognostic variables in a short-term (post-treatment) and a long-term logistic regression model (6 months after treatment). We found one dominant prognostic factor for improvement directly after treatment as well as 6 months later: baseline functional disability, expressed in Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire scores. Baseline fear of movement, expressed in Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia scores, had also significant prognostic value for long-term improvement. Less strongly associated with the outcome, but also included in our final models, were supervisor social support and duration of complaints (short-term model), and co-worker social support and pain radiation (long-term model). Information about initial levels of functional disability and fear-avoidance behaviour can be of value in the treatment of patient populations with characteristics comparable to the current army study population (e.g., predominantly male, physically active, working, moderate but chronic back problems). Individuals at risk for poor long-term LBP recovery, i.e., individuals with high initial level of disability and prominent fear-avoidance behaviour, can be distinguished that may need additional cognitive-behavioural treatment.
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