Use of the STarT Back Screening Tool in patients with chronic low back pain receiving physical therapy interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is used to stratify care. It is unclear if the SBST approach works as well for patients in low- and medium-income countries as for patients from high-income countries.

Objectives

(1) To investigate whether patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) stratified by the SBST are different at baseline; (2) to describe the clinical course for each SBST subgroup; (3) to investigate the SBST utility to predict clinical outcomes; and (4) to determine which SBST subgroup show greater clinical improvement.

Design

This is a secondary analysis of data derived from a previously published clinical trial.

Methods

148 patients with chronic nonspecific LBP were included. Pain intensity, disability, global perceived effect, and the S

SUBMITTER: Medeiros FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8134794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature