Background Low back pain is costly and disabling. Prognostic factor evidence can help
healthcare providers and patients understand likely prognosis, inform the development of …

Objectives: To identify psychosocial predictors of failure to return to work in non-chronic
(lasting less than 3 months) non-specific low back pain (NSLBP). Methods: A systematic …

Background Study results vary on whether depressive symptoms are associated with worse
prognosis for low back pain (LBP). We assessed the association between depressive …

Purpose: To review the prognostic factors of musculoskeletal disorders while adopting a
multidimensional perspective and including studies on various pertinent outcomes to the …

Background It is argued that one of the factors limiting the understanding of return to work
(RTW) following work disability is the use of measurement tools that do not capture a …

Exercise therapy and education are recommended from several guidelines for managing
symptoms in chronic nonspecific spinal pain (CNSP) patients. However, no systematic …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a global public health challenge, which causes high
healthcare costs and the highest burden on society in terms of years lived with disability …

Background: Successful management of workers on sick leave due to low back pain
depends on the identification by the occupational physician of modifiable prognostic factors …

Objective. Positive expectations predict better outcome in a number of health conditions, but
the role of expectations in predicting health recovery after injury is not well understood. We …

Objective The purpose of this narrative systematic review was to summarise prognostic
factors for return to work (RTW) among people with long-term neck/shoulder or back pain …