The prognostic value of symptom responses in the conservative management of spinal pain: A systematic review

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2686-2699

  Chorti, Angeliki G ^a   Chortis, Anastasios G ^b   Strimpakos, Nikolaos ^c   McCarthy, Christopher J ^d   Lamb, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Spinal pain; Symptom response; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 72849120780     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b43a41     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Hyman M, Lin K, Jacob G, et al. Spinal disorders: Tools to address diagnostic and treatment problems. Consultant 1999;39:2097-2110
2. Clinical Standards Advisory Group. Back Pain. London, United Kingdom: HMSO; 1994.
3. Haldeman S. Diagnostic tests for the evaluation of back and neck pain. Neurol Clin 1996;14:103-117
4. Nachemson A, Vingard E. Assessment of patients with neck and back pain: A best evidence synthesis. In: Nachemson A, Jonsson E. Neck and Back Pain: The Scientific Evidence of Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000;189-235.
5. Borge J, Leboeuf-Yde C, Lothe J. Prognostic values of physical examination findings in patients with chronic low back pain treated conservatively: A systematic literature review. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2001;24:292-295
6. Borkan J, Koes B, Reis S, et al. A report from the Second International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Re-examining priorities. Spine 1998;23:1992-1996
7. Carroll L, Hurwitz E, Cote P, et al. Research priorities and methodological implications: The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on neck pain and its associated disorders. Spine 2008;33:S214-20. (Pubitemid 351155772)
8. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Guide to physical therapist practice, second edition. Phys Ther 2001;81:9-746.
9. Matyas T, Bach T. The reliability of selected techniques in clinical arthrometrics. Aust J Physiother 1985;31:175-199
10. McKenzie R. The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1981.
11. McKenzie R. The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1990.
12. Delitto A, Erhard R, Bowling R. A treatment-based classification approach to low back syndrome: Identifying and staging patients for conservative treatment. Phys Ther 1995;75:470-485
13. Laslett M, Van Wijmen P. Low back and referred pain: Diagnosis and proposed new system of classification. NZ J Physiother 1999;27:5-14.
14. Petersen T, Laslett M, Manniche C, et al. Diagnostic classification on nonspecific low back pain. A new system integrating patho-anatomic and clinical categories. Physiother Theory Pract 2003;19:213-237
15. McKenzie R, May S. The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 2003.
16. Wang W, Olson S, Campbell A, et al. Effectiveness of physical therapy for patients with neck pain: An individualized approach using a clinical decisionmaking algorithm. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003;82:203-218
17. McCarthy C, Rushton A, Billis V, et al. Development of a clinical examination in non-specific low back pain: A Delphi technique. J Rehabil Med 2006; 38:263-267
18. McKenzie R, May S. The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 2006.
19. Fritz J, Brennan G. Preliminary examination of a proposed treatment-based classification system for patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain. Phys Ther 2007;87:513-524
20. Murphy D, Hurwitz E, Nelson C. A diagnosis-based clinical decision rule for spinal pain. Part 2: Review of the literature. Chiropr Osteopat 2008;16:7.
21. Murphy D, Hurwitz E. A theoretical model for the development of a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule for the management of patients with spinal pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2007;8:75.
22. Tuttle N. Do changes within a manual therapy treatment session predict between-session changes for patients with cervical spine pain? Aust J Physiother 2005;51:43-48
23. Hestboek L, Leboeuf-Yde C. Are chiropractic tests for the lumbo-pelvic spine reliable and valid? A systematic critical literature review. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2000;23:258-275
24. Seffinger M, Najm W, Mishra S, et al. Reliability of spinal palpation for diagnosis of back and neck pain: A systematic review of the literature. Spine 2004;29:E413-25.
25. May S, Littlewood C, Bishop A. Reliability of procedures used in the physical examination of non-specific low back pain: A systematic review. Aust J Physiother 2006;52:91-102.
26. Wetzel F, Donelson R. The role of repeated end-range/pain response assessment in the management of symptomatic lumbar discs. Spine J 2003;3:146-154
27. Aina A, May S, Clare H. The centralization phenomenon of spinal symptoms-a systematic review. Manual Ther 2004;9:134-143 (Pubitemid 38887503)
28. Laupacis A, Wells G, Richardson W, et al. Users' guides to the medical literature. V. How to use an article about prognosis. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1994;272:234-237
29. Stroup D, Berlin J, Morton S, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: A proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000;283:2008-2012
30. Altman D. Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables. BMJ 2001;323:224-228
31. Egger M, Smith D, Altman D. Systematic Reviews in Healthcare: Meta-Analysis in Context. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Books; 2001.
32. Deeks J, Dinnes J, D'Amico R, et al. Evaluating non-randomized intervention studies. Health Technol Assess 2003;7:iii-x, 1-173.
33. Hayden J, Cote P, Bombardier C. Evaluation of the quality of prognosis studies in systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:427-437
34. Moher D, Cook D, Eastwood S, et al. Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials: The QUOROM statement. Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses. Lancet 1999;354:1896-1900
35. Jensen I, Bradley L, Linton S. Validation of an observation method of pain assessment in non-chronic back pain. Pain 1989;39:267-274
36. Viikari-Juntura E. Interexaminer reliability of observations in physical examinations of the neck. Phys Ther 1987;67:1526-1532
37. Hellsing A, Linton S, Kalvemark M. A prospective study of patients with acute back and neck pain in Sweden. Phys Ther 1994;74:116-124
38. Burton A, Tillotson K, Main C, et al. Psychosocial predictors of outcome in acute and subchronic low back trouble. Spine 1995;20:722-728
39. Long A. The centralization phenomenon. Its usefulness as a predictor of outcome in the conservative treatment of chronic low back pain (a pilot study). Spine 1995;20:2513-2520
40. Van Den Hoogen H, Koes B, Deville W, et al. The inter-observer reproducibility of Lasegue's sign in patients with low back pain in general practice. Br J Gen Pract 1996;46:727-730
41. Karas R, McIntosh G, Hall H, et al. The relationship between nonorganic signs and centralization of symptoms in the prediction of return to work for patients with low back pain. Phys Ther 1997;77:354-360
42. Werneke M, Hart D, Cook D. A descriptive study of the centralization phenomenon. A prospective analysis. Spine 1999;24:676-683
43. Werneke M, Hart D. Centralization phenomenon as a prognostic factor for chronic low back pain and disability. Spine 2001;26:758-764
44. Flynn T, Fritz J, Whitman J, et al. A clinical prediction rule for classifying patients with low back pain who demonstrate short-term improvement with spinal manipulation. Spine 2002;27:2835-2843
45. Enthoven P, Skargren E, Kjellman G, et al. Course of back pain in primary care: A prospective study of physical measures. J Rehabil Med 2003;35: 168-173
46. Werneke M, Hart D. Discriminant validity and relative precision for classifying patients with nonspecific neck and back pain by anatomic pain patterns. Spine 2003;28:161-166
47. Burton A, McClune T, Clarke R, et al. Long-term follow-up of patients with low back pain attending for manipulative care: Outcomes and predictors. Man Ther 2004;9:30-35
48. Hahne A, Keating J, Wilson S. Do within-session changes in pain intensity and range of motion predict between-session changes in patients with low back pain? Aust J Physiother 2004;50:17-23.
49. Niemisto L, Sarna S, Lahtinen-Suopanki T, et al. Predictive factors for 1-year outcome of chronic low back pain following manipulation, stabilizing exercises, and physician consultation or physician consultation alone. J Rehabil Med 2004;36:104-109
50. Werneke M, Hart D. Categorizing patients with occupational low back pain by use of the Quebec Task Force Classification system versus pain pattern classification procedures: Discriminant and predictive validity. Phys Ther 2004;84:243-254
51. George S, Bialosky J, Donald D. The centralization phenomenon and fearavoidance beliefs as prognostic factors for acute low back pain: A preliminary investigation involving patients classified for specific exercise. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2005;35:580-588
52. Hicks G, Fritz J, Delitto A, et al. Preliminary development of a clinical prediction rule for determining which patients with low back pain will respond to a stabilization exercise program. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005;86: 1753-1762
53. Skytte L, May S, Petersen P. Centralization: Its prognostic value in patients with referred symptoms and sciatica. Spine 2005;30:E293-9.
54. Tseng Y, Wang W, Chen W, et al. Predictors for the immediate responders to cervical manipulation in patients with neck pain. Man Ther 2006;11: 306-315
55. Tuttle N, Laasko L, Barrett R. Change in impairments in the first two treatments predicts outcome in impairments, but not in activity limitations, in subacute neck pain: An observational study. Aust J Physiother 2006;52: 281-285
56. Cleland J, Childs J, Fritz J, et al. Development of a clinical prediction rule for guiding treatment of a subgroup of patients with neck pain: Use of thoracic spine manipulation, exercise, and patient education. Phys Ther 2007;87:9-23.
57. Hudak P, Cole D, Haines A. Understanding prognosis to improve rehabilitation: The example of lateral elbow pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996;77: 586-593
58. Williams M, Williamson E, Gates S, et al. A systematic literature review of physical prognostic factors for the development of late whiplash syndrome. Spine 2007;32:E764-80.
59. Williamson E, Williams M, Gates S, et al. A systematic literature review of psychological factors and the development of late whiplash syndrome. Pain 2007;135:20-30.
60. Scholten-Peeters G, Verhagen A, Bekkering G, et al. Prognostic factors of whiplash-associated disorders: A systematic review of prospective cohort studies. Pain 2003;104:303-322
61. Cook C, Hegedus E, Ramey K. Physical therapy exercise intervention based on classification using the patient response method: A systematic review of the literature. J Man Manip Ther 2005;13:152-162
62. Wessels T, Van Tulder M, Sigl T, et al. What predicts outcome in nonoperative treatments of chronic low back pain? A systematic review. Eur Spine J 2006;15:1633-1644
63. Danish Institute for Health Technology Assessment. Low Back Pain: Frequency, Management, and Prevention From an HTA Perspective. Denmark, Germany: Danish Institute for Health Technology Assessment; 1999.
64. Kent P, Keating J. Can we predict poor recovery from recent-onset nonspecific low back pain? A systematic review. Manual Ther 2008;13:12-28.
65. Carroll L, Hogg-Johnson S, Van der Velde G, et al. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on neck pain and its associated disorders. Spine 2008;33:S75-82. (Pubitemid 351155761)
66. George S, Fritz J. The centralization phenomenon and fear avoidance beliefs as prognostic factors for acute low back pain. Author response. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2005;35:845-847
67. Werneke M, May S. The centralization phenomenon and fear avoidance beliefs as prognostic factors for acute low back pain. Letter to the editor. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2005;35:843-844
68. Berthelot J, Delecrin J, Maugars Y, et al. Contribution of centralization phenomenon to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of diskogenic low back pain. Joint Bone Spine 2007;74:319-323
69. Easterbrook P, Berlin J, Gopalan R, et al. Publication bias in clinical research. Lancet 1991;337:867-872
70. Altman D, Lyman G. Methodological challenges in the evaluation of prognostic factors in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1998;52:289-303.
71. Altman D, Royston P. The cost of dichotomizing continuous variables. BMJ 2006;332:1080.