Outcomes of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain Stratified by the STarT Back Screening Tool: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of physical therapy on the outcomes of patients with acute low back pain (LBP) stratified by the STart Back Screening Tool (SBST) is unclear.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of patients with acute LBP who were stratified as medium or high risk.

Design

This was a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

Setting

Patients were recruited between March 2011 and November 2013 from primary care clinics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Participants

One hundred eighty-one participants with acute LBP who were stratified as medium risk (n = 120) or high risk (n = 61) by the SBST were included. They were aged 18 through 60 years, with duration of symptoms less than 16 days, no symptoms below the knee, no treatment for L

SUBMITTER: Magel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5804017 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature