Predictors of functional improvement in people with chronic low back pain following a graded programme of movement control exercises
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Okyay, Leyla
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Degree
Master of Osteopathy
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Unitec Institute of Technology
Date
2010
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Bacon, Catherine
Moran, Robert
Hilton, Craig
Moran, Robert
Hilton, Craig
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Masters Thesis
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low back pain
movement control exercises
disability outcome
movement control exercises
disability outcome
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Okyay, L. (2010). Predictors of functional improvement in people with chronic low back pain following a graded programme of movement control exercises. A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Osteopathy, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
i) To determine predictors of change in disability of people with chronic low back pain following a graded programme of movement control exercises and ii) to develop a simple clinical rule that predicts outcome.
METHODS:
Fifty‐five people from a community sample with non‐specific chronic low back pain were examined before undergoing a graded 6‐week programme of movement control exercises. Predictors of change in disability, as measured by the Patient‐Specific Functional Scale, were identified through regression analysis and used to develop a clinical prediction rule.
RESULTS:
Clinically important improvement in disability was predicted by four variables that explained 48% of the variance in outcome (P<.001): gradual rather than sudden onset of low back pain, patient‐specific functional score <3.7 points, absence of aberrant motions on forward bending, and body mass index >24.5. Failure to show clinically meaningful improvement was predicted by three variables that explained 40% of the variance in outcome (P<.001): sudden onset of low back pain, patient‐specific functional score ≥3.7, and difference between left and right active straight leg raise >7°.
CONCLUSION:
A combination of five, easily measured variables are able to predict disability outcome following a graded programme of movement control exercises in people with chronic low back pain.
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