ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2018
Pain pattern classification and directional preference are associated with clinical outcomes for patients with low back pain.
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- Sustained versus repetitive standing trunk extension results in greater spinal growth and pain improvement in back pain:A randomized clinical trial.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Does the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool Contribute to Effectiveness in Treatment and Cost and Loss of Follow-Up of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Patients with Low Back Pain?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Classification by pain pattern for patients with cervical spine radiculopathy.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2020Observational
- Artificial intelligence to improve back pain outcomes and lessons learnt from clinical classification approaches: three systematic reviews.NPJ digital medicine · 2020Review
- Directional preference constructs for patients' neck pain in the absence of centralization.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2019Observational
- Initial pain and disability characteristics can assist the prediction of the centralization phenomenon on initial assessment of patients with low back pain.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2019Article
- Directional preference constructs for patients' low back pain in the absence of centralization.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
Pain Pattern Classification (PPC) and Directional Preference (DP) have shown merit as reliable and predictable clinical solutions to help reduce the burden posed by low back pain (LBP). We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study to verify the association between PPC, DP, and clinical outcomes. We hypothesized that (1) patients who demonstrated DP Centralization (CEN) would have lower pain intensity and disability at follow-up than patients who demonstrated Non-DP Non-CEN, and (2) the prevalence of DP at first examination would be lowest for patients with chronic LBP and are greater than 65 years old. First examination and follow-up data were completed by 639 patients. Clinical outcome measures, including pain intensity and disability, were collected at first examination and follow-up. Baseline comparisons were made between groups with first examination data only and groups with first examination data and follow-up data. A Pearson's chi-squared test was used to determine differences in prevalence rates for the categorical variables, and two-sample
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