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?

Takahiro Tsuge, Hiroshi Takasaki, Michio Toda

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Predictors of 1-Year Perceived Recovery, Absenteeism, and Expenses Due to Low Back Pain in Workers Receiving Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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Takahiro TsugeDepartment of Rehabilitation, Kurashiki Medical Center, 250 Bakuro, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-8522, Japan.

Hiroshi TakasakiDepartment of Physical Therapy, Saitama Prefectural University, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3699-2294

Michio TodaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurashiki Medical Center, 250 Bakuro, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-8522, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundMechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) and the stratified approach using the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) are examples of stratified low back pain (LBP) management. We investigated whether the medium-high risk in SBST can contribute to the time and sessions until discharge from MDT (Question 1) and to the loss of follow-up before identifying a promising management strategy (Question 2).

methodsA retrospective chart study was conducted. Multiple regression modeling was constructed using 10 independent variables, including whether the SBST was medium-high risk or not for Question 1, and the 9/10 independent variables for Question 2.

resultsThe data of 89 participants for Question 1 and 166 participants for Question 2 were analyzed. SBST was not a primary contributing factor for Question 1 (

conclusionSBST status was not a primary contributing factor for time and sessions until discharge from MDT, but was a critical factor for the loss of MDT follow-up before identifying a promising management strategy.

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classificationdischargefollow-upKeele STarT Back Screening ToolMcKenziemechanical diagnosis and therapystratified model of caresubgroup

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PMID32751595

DOI10.3390/diagnostics10080536

PMCPMC7460228

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