ArticlePhysiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada2016
A Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire Target Value to Distinguish between Functional and Dysfunctional States in People with Low Back Pain.
Article in Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05018780 (Immediate and Long Term Effects of Muscle Energy Techniques and Sacral Manipulation on Pain, Functional Disability and Quality of Life in Patients With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Immediate and Long Term Effects of Muscle Energy Techniques and Sacral Manipulation on Pain, Functional Disability and Quality of Life in Patients With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Baseline predictors of responders to auricular point acupressure in chronic low back pain.Clinical traditional medicine and pharmacology · 2025Article
- Duloxetine for individuals with chronic back pain: A systematic review and meta‑analysis of randomized controlled trials.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Perineural Dextrose Injection for Superior Cluneal Nerve Neuropathy Treatment.Cureus · 2024Article
- The influence of breastfeeding factors on the prevalence of back and neck pain: data from an online survey.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Lower Back Pain in Portuguese Equestrian Riders.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reliability, Concurrent Validity, and Clinical Performances of the Shorter Version of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire in a Sample of Italian People with Non-Specific Low Back Pain.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
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- Various Doses of Tanezumab in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP): A Pooled Analysis of 4,514 Patients.Cureus · 2023Review
- Referrals, Symptoms and Treatment of Patients Referred to a Secondary Spine Centre-How Can We Help?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo estimate a threshold Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMQ) value that could be used to classify patients with low back pain (LBP) as functional or dysfunctional.
methodsIn this secondary analysis of data from a study that estimated clinically important RMQ change scores, participants were adults with LBP attending one of three physical therapy clinics. Diagnostic test methodology and a reference standard of goals met were applied to estimate a threshold RMQ value that best distinguished between participants with a functional status and those whose status was dysfunctional.
resultsOf 143 participants, 104 (73%) met their goals. An RMQ threshold value of 4/24 best distinguished between those who met their goals and those who did not. Sensitivity and specificity for a threshold score of 4 were 94% (95% CI, 88-98) and 69% (95% CI, 52-83), respectively.
conclusionsA threshold value of 4 RMQ points provided a reasonably accurate classification of patients. Further research is necessary to cross-validate this estimate and to examine the stability of the estimated value in people with diverse functional demands.
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