How does individualised physiotherapy work for people with low back pain? A Bayesian Network analysis using randomised controlled trial data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Individualised physiotherapy is an effective treatment for low back pain. We sought to determine how this treatment works by using randomised controlled trial data to develop a Bayesian Network model.

Methods

300 randomised controlled trial participants (153 male, 147 female, mean age 44.1) with low back pain (of duration 6-26 weeks) received either individualised physiotherapy or advice. Variables with potential to explain how individualised physiotherapy works were included in a multivariate Bayesian Network model. Modelling incorporated the intervention period (0-10 weeks after study commencement-"early" changes) and the follow-up period (10-52 weeks after study commencement-"late" changes). Sequences of variables in the Bayesian Network showed the most common dir

SUBMITTER: Liew BXW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504753 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature