Classification Systems

Can demographic and anthropometric characteristics predict clinical improvement in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain?

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy Available online 28 June 2018 Soares Oliveira Highlights • Gender, marital status, BMI, and duration of pain do not influence the prognosis of patients with chronic LBP. • Age has little influence on the clinical improvement of patients with chronic LBP after four weeks of treatment. • Physical therapists can […]

Clinical classification in low back pain: best-evidence diagnostic rules based on systematic reviews- Full Text

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017; 18: 188. Published online 2017 May 12. doi:  10.1186/s12891-017-1549-6 PMCID: PMC5429540 Tom Petersen Abstract Background Clinical examination findings are used in primary care to give an initial diagnosis to patients with low back pain and related leg symptoms. The purpose of this study was to develop best evidence Clinical Diagnostic Rules (CDR] for the […]

Implementing Stratified Primary Care Management for Low Back Pain

Implementing Stratified Primary Care Management for Low Back Pain: Cost-Utility Analysis Alongside a Prospective, Population-Based, Sequential Comparison Study Whitehurst, David G. T. PhD; Bryan, Stirling PhD; Lewis, Martyn PhD; Hay, Elaine M. MD; Mullis, Ricky PhD; Foster, Nadine E. DPhil Spine 15 March 2015 Vol. 40 – Issue 6: p 405–414 Abstract A wealth of […]

An evidence-based diagnostic classification system for low back pain – Full Text

J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2013 Sep; 57(3): 189–204. PMCID: PMC3743645 PMID: 23997245 Language: English | French Robert Vining, DC Abstract Introduction: While clinicians generally accept that musculoskeletal low back pain (LBP) can arise from specific tissues, it remains difficult to confirm specific sources. Methods: Based on evidence supported by diagnostic utility studies, doctors of chiropractic […]

Classification-Guided Versus Generalized Postural Intervention in Subgroups of Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Study

Classification-Guided Versus Generalized Postural Intervention in Subgroups of Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Study http://mobile.journals.lww.com/spinejournal/_layouts/oaks.journals.mobile/abstractviewer.aspx?year=2013&issue=09010&article=00002 Sheeran, Liba PhD; van Deursen, Robert PhD; Caterson, Bruce PhD; Sparkes, Valerie PhD Spine . 38(19):1613–1625, 01 September 2013. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829e049b Abstract Study Design. Pragmatic randomized controlled single-blinded study. Objective. To compare the effects of the […]

Correlation of clinical examination characteristics with three sources of chronic low back pain

Sharon Young, PT Young S, et al. The Spine Journal. November 2003; Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 460-465. Background context Research has demonstrated some progress in using a clinical examination to predict discogenic or sacroiliac (SI) joint sources of pain. No clear predictors of symptomatic lumbar zygapophysial joints have yet been demonstrated. Purpose To identify significant […]