Low back pain: what determines functional outcome at six months? An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rise in disability due to back pain has been exponential with escalating medical and societal costs. The relative contribution of individual prognostic indicators to the pattern of recovery remains unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the prognostic value of demographic, psychosocial, employment and clinical factors on outcome in patients with low back pain

Methods

A prospective cohort study with six-month follow-up was undertaken at a multidisciplinary back pain clinic in central London employing physiotherapists, osteopaths, clinical psychologists and physicians, receiving referrals from 123 general practitioners. Over a twelve-month period, 593 consecutive patients referred from general practice with simple low back pain were recruited. A b

SUBMITTER: Harms MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2973928 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature