Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Study With a Waiting List Control Group.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Small-scale care providers often encounter challenges in demonstrating the effectiveness of treatments through randomised controlled trials (RCTs) because of the high costs and organisational demands of RCTs. The current study examines the feasibility of evaluating a multidisciplinary treatment for chronic low back pain using a waiting list as a control group.

Material and methods

Of 344 chronic pain patients referred to a Dutch outpatient rehabilitation clinic, 123 received treatment, while 88 were on a waiting list. The main effect parameters were pain (visual analogue scale), daily limitations (Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale), and fear of motion (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia). Data were collected at the beginning of treatment, after 8 weeks, and after 3 m

SUBMITTER: van Wingerden JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12785489 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature