The Nordic back pain subpopulation program: predicting outcome among chiropractic patients in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a previous Swedish study it was shown that it is possible to predict which chiropractic patients with persistent LBP will not report definite improvement early in the course of treatment, namely those with LBP for altogether at least 30 days in the past year, who had leg pain, and who did not report definite general improvement by the second treatment. The objectives of this study were to investigate if the predictive value of this set of variables could be reproduced among chiropractic patients in Finland, and if the model could be improved by adding some new potential predictor variables.

Methods

The study was a multi-centre prospective outcome study with internal control groups, carried out in private chiropractic practices in Finland. Chiropractors collecte

SUBMITTER: Malmqvist S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2588613 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature