Agreement among physiotherapists in assessing patient performance of exercises for low-back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no agreement for the performance assessment of patients who practice exercises.. (2 points to withdraw) This assessment is currently left to the physiotherapist's personal judgement. We studied the agreement among physiotherapists in rating patient performance during exercises recommended for chronic low-back pain (LBP).

Methods

A vignette-based method was used. We first identified ten exercises recommended for LBP in the literature. Then, 42 patients with chronic LBP participating in a rehabilitation program were videotaped during their performance of one of the ten exercises. A vignette was an exercise video preceded by clinical information. Ten physiotherapists from primary (4) and tertiary care (6) viewed the 42 vignettes twice, one month apart, and r

SUBMITTER: Hermet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064172 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature