Clinical course and prognostic factors in acute low back pain: an inception cohort study in primary care practice

J Coste, G Delecoeuillerie, AC De Lara, JM LeParc… - Bmj, 1994 - bmj.com
Objective: To describe the natural course of recent acute low back pain in terms of both
morbidity (pain, disability) and absenteeism from work and to evaluate the prognostic factors …

Prognosis in patients with recent onset low back pain in Australian primary care: inception cohort study

N Henschke, CG Maher, KM Refshauge, RD Herbert… - Bmj, 2008 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of
recent onset low back pain managed in primary care. Design Cohort study with one year …

Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study

LCM Costa, CG Maher, JH McAuley, MJ Hancock… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objectives To describe the course of chronic low back pain in an inception cohort and to
identify prognostic markers at the onset of chronicity. Design Inception cohort study with one …

Acute low back pain: systematic review of its prognosis

LHM Pengel, RD Herbert, CG Maher, KM Refshauge - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Objectives To describe the course of acute low back pain and sciatica and to identify
clinically important prognostic factors for these conditions. Design Systematic review. Data …

Should treatment of (sub) acute low back pain be aimed at psychosocial prognostic factors? Cluster randomised clinical trial in general practice

P Jellema, DAWM Van Der Windt, HE Van Der Horst… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the effects of a minimal intervention strategy aimed at assessment
and modification of psychosocial prognostic factors and usual care for treatment of (sub) …

Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

E Thomas, AJ Silman, PR Croft, AC Papageorgiou… - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Objectives: To quantify the relative contribution of premorbid and episode specific factors in
determining the long term persistence of disabling symptoms of low back pain. Design …

Long-term prognosis of acute low back pain in patients seen in general practice: a 1-year prospective follow-up study

B Schiøttz-Christensen, GL Nielsen, VK Hansen… - Family …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Objective. We aimed to examine the prognosis of acute low back pain (LBP) in patients in
general practice and to identify prognostic factors associated with the long-term prognosis …

Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

PR Croft, GJ Macfarlane, AC Papageorgiou, E Thomas… - Bmj, 1998 - bmj.com
Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to
general practice have resolved within one month. Design: Prospective study of all adults …

Prospective cohort study of predictors of incident low back pain in nurses

J Smedley, P Egger, C Cooper, D Coggon - Bmj, 1997 - bmj.com
Objective: To assess the impact of handling patients and indicators of individual
susceptibility on risk of low back pain in nurses. Design: Prospective cohort study with follow …

Community survey of factors associated with consultation for low back pain

R Waxman, A Tennant, P Helliwell - Bmj, 1998 - bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the psychosocial factors associated with consultation for low back
pain. Design: Two phase cross sectional postal survey. Setting: Bradford Metropolitan …