Understanding how individualised physiotherapy or advice altered different elements of disability for people with low back pain using network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a common aggregate measure of disability for people with Low Back Pain (LBP). Scores on individual items and the relationship between items of the ODI may help understand the complexity of low back disorders and their response to treatment. In this study, we present a network analysis to explore how individualised physiotherapy or advice might influence individual items of the ODI, and the relationship between those items, at different time points for people with LBP.

Methods

Data from a randomised controlled trial (n = 300) comparing individualised physiotherapy versus advice for low back pain were used. A network analysis was performed at baseline, 5, 10, 26 and 52 weeks, with the 10 items of the Oswestry Disability Index mode

SUBMITTER: Liew BXW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830646 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature