Patient expectations of benefit from interventions for neck pain and resulting influence on outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were (1) to examine patients' general expectations for treatment by physical therapists and specific expectations for common interventions in patients with neck pain, and (2) to assess the extent to which the patients' general and specific expectations for treatment, particularly spinal manipulation, affect clinical outcomes.

Background

Patient expectations can have a profound influence on the magnitude of treatment outcome across a broad variety of patient conditions.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial of interventions for neck pain. Prior to beginning treatment for neck pain, 140 patients were asked about their general expectations of benefit as wel

SUBMITTER: Bishop MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5175452 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature