STUDY DESIGN Cohort study of patients with acute low back pain undergoing physical therapy. OBJECTIVES Examine the reliability and validity of the Physical Impairment Index in a group of patients with acute low back pain and determine the responsiveness and minimum detectable change of the index and its component tests. SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND DATA The Physical Impairment Index was origin...

OBJECTIVES To re-examine the relation between heavy physical work and the occurrence of sciatic pain among construction workers reported previously to be absent in an epidemiological study. METHODS-Poisson log linear regression was used to model for the frequency of sciatic pain among concrete reinforcement workers and maintenance house painters with adjustment for the interactive effects of ea...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Thai version of the Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. MATERIAL AND METHOD The questionnaire was translated into Thai version by two translators and some statements were adapted Back translation was performed by a language professional. The content validity was evaluated by five experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation field. The scores were calc...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to provide a comprehensive profile of a representative sample of patients with acute low back pain drawn from the primary care setting. A secondary aim was to determine whether patient characteristics are associated with pain intensity or disability at the initial consultation. METHODS A total of 1172 consecutive patients with acute low back pain presenting to clin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pain is currently evaluated with "subjective" methods (eg, patient self-report). This study aimed to test whether fatigue indexes are able to accurately discriminate between subjects with and subjects without low back pain. SUBJECTS Sixty subjects separated into 2 groups--a group with low back pain (n=30) and a group without low back pain (n=30)--participated in this st...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short-term lumbar stability cross taping program on muscle strength of trunk extension and lumbar pain level in patients with chronic back pain. [Subjects and Methods] The present study divided 14 patients with chronic back pain into the stability cross taping group (SCTG; n=7) and the control group (CONG; n=7). Lumbar cross ...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized clinical trial was conducted. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of classification-based physical therapy with that of therapy based on clinical practice guidelines for patients with acute, work-related low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Clinical practice guidelines recommend minimal intervention during the first few weeks after acute low back injury. Ho...