The use of STarT back screening tool to predict functional disability outcomes in patients receiving physical therapy for low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background context

The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) categorizes risk of future disability in patients with low back pain (LBP). Previous studies evaluating the use of SBST in physical therapy (PT) populations do not reflect the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity occurring in clinical practice and lack statistical power to evaluate factors associated with outcomes within each SBST risk category.

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to further refine SBST risk categorization for predicting improvements in functional disability with attention toward patient level factors that might guide SBST use in routine outpatient physical therapy practice.

Study design/setting

This was a retrospective cohort study that took place within a large academic, tertiary-care health sys

SUBMITTER: Katzan IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7341439 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature