Objective The purpose of this systematic review was to identify and appraise externally
validated prognostic models to predict a patient's health outcomes relevant to physical …

Background Emergency department boarding and hospital exit block are primary causes of
emergency department crowding and have been conclusively associated with poor patient …

Background and Objectives: Chronic lower back pain (LBP) is a common clinical disorder.
The early identification of patients who will develop chronic LBP would help develop …

Back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is common in older adults. No
clinical prediction models for poor long-term outcomes have been developed in older …

Background Well-validated risk prediction models help to identify individuals at high risk of
diseases and suggest preventive measures. A recent systematic review reported lack of …

Emergency department (ED) crowding and its main causes, exit block and boarding,
continue to threaten the quality and safety of ED care. Most interventions to reduce crowding …

Background Serious gaming could support patients in learning to cope with chronic pain or
functional somatic syndromes and reduce symptom burdens. Objective To realize this …

Methodological shortcomings in prognostic modeling for patients with spinal disorders are
highly common. This general commentary discusses methodological challenges related to …

Background In this retrospective study, we aimed to develop a nomogram to predict
recurrence during a 1-year period of spinal manipulation/mobilization (SM/M) in patients …

Background The objective of this study was to develop prediction models and explore the
external validity of the models in a large sample of patients with chronic widespread pain …