ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2015
The association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people seeking care for acute low back pain.
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- Low back pain in healthy postmenopausal women and the effect of physical activity: A secondary analysis in a randomized trial.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Return to self-reported physical activity level after an event of acute low back pain.PloS one · 2019Article
- Poena, the goddess of divine retribution.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 · 2015Article
- [Formalized consensus: clinical practice recommendations for the management of acute low back pain of the African patient].The Pan African medical journal · 2015Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people with acute non-specific low back pain (LBP).
methodsThe sample included a total of 999 patients who presented to primary care with an acute episode of low back pain. Symptom severity, in terms of activity limitation and severity of pain; and physical activity participation before (habitual) and after pain onset were assessed using self-report questionnaires. All participants were interviewed within 14 days of pain onset.
resultsAt interview most of the participants (87.5 %) reported having moderate to extreme activity limitation due to back pain. There was a significant decrease in physical activity participation after pain onset (mean difference: -176 min, 95 % CI 327-400; p < 0.0001) but no association between habitual or change in physical activity participation and symptom severity was observed (p > 0.21).
conclusionPain onset causes a significant and immediate decrease in physical activity participation, but this change does not seem to be associated with symptom severity.
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