Effectiveness of back school for treatment of pain and functional disability in patients with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-229

  Sahin, Nilay ^a   Albayrak, Ilknur ^a   Durmus, Bekir ^b   Ugurlu, Hatice ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back school; Exercise; Low back pain; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952540956     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0650     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Isaac Z, Katz JN, Borenstein DG. Regional and widespread pain: lumbar spine disorders. In: Hochberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS, Weinblatt ME, Weisman MH, editors. Rheumatology. Oxford: Elsevier; 2008, p. 593-618.
2. Moffett J, McLean S. The role of physiotherapy in the management of non-specific back pain and neck pain. Rheumatology 2006;45:371-378.
3. Simpson AK, Cholewicki J, Grauer J. Chronic low back pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2006;10:431-436. (Pubitemid 44803624)
4. Waddell G, Burton AK. Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of low back pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2005;19:655-670. (Pubitemid 40790493)
5. Roland M, Dixon M. Randomized controlled trial of an educational booklet for patients presenting with back pain in general practice. J R Coll Gen Pract 1989;39:244-246.
6. Berker E, Dincer N. Chronic pain and rehabilitation. Agri 2005;17:10-16. (Pubitemid 40904316)
7. Liddle SD, Gracey JH, Baxter GD. Advice for the management of low back pain: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Manual Ther 2007;12:310-327. (Pubitemid 47333411)
8. Brox JI, Storheim K, Grotle M, Tveito TH, Indahl A, Eriksen HR. Systematic review of back shools, biref education, and fearavoidance training for chronic low back pain. Spine J 2008;8:948-958.
9. Roer N, Tulder M, Barendse J, Knol D, van Mechelen W, de Vet H. Intensive group training protocol versus guideline physiotherapy for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial. Eur Spine J 2008;17:1193-1200.
10. Van Middelkoop M, Rubinstein SM, Kuijpers T, Verhangen AP, Ostelo R, Koes BW, et al. A systematic review on the effectiveness of physical and rehabilitation interventions for chronic non-specific low back pain. Eur Spine J 2010 Jul. 21 [Epub ahead of print].
11. Shahbandar L, Press J. Diagnosis and nonoperative management of lumbar disk herniation. Oper Tech Sports Med 2005;13:114-121. (Pubitemid 41819263)
12. Jordan J, Konstantinou K, Morgan TS, Weinstein J. Herniated lumbar disc. Clin Evid 2005;14:1-4.
13. Heymans MW, van Tulder MW, Esmail R, Bombardier C, Koes BW. Back schools for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group. Spine 2005;30:2153-2163. (Pubitemid 41429194)
14. Strong J, Ashton R, Chant D. Pain intensity measurement in chronic low back pain. Clin J Pain 1991;7:209-218.
15. Fairbank JC, Couper J, Davies JB, O'Brien JP. The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Physiotherapy 1980;66:271-273. (Pubitemid 11234479)
16. Fritz JM, Irrgang JJ. A comparison of a modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale. Physical Ther 2001;81:776-788. (Pubitemid 32119062)
17. Duruöz MT, Ozcan E, Ketenci A, Karan A, Kiralp MZ. Cross cultural validation of the revised Oswestry pain questionnaire in a Turkish population. Arthritis Rheum 1991;42 Suppl: 1200.
18. Donzelli S, Di Domenica E, Cova AM, Galletti R, Giunta N. Two different techniques in the rehabilitation treatment of low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Eura Medicophys 2006;42:205-210. (Pubitemid 46030361)
19. Heymans MW, de Vet HC, Bongers PM, Knol DL, van Mechelen W. The effectiveness of high-intensity versus low-intensity back scholls in an occupational setting. Spine 2006;31:1075-1082.
20. Wittes J. Sample size calculations for randomized controlled trials. Epidemiol Rev 2002;24:39-53. (Pubitemid 34742954)
21. Smith C, Grimmer-Somers K. The treatment effect of exercise programmes for chronic low back pain. J Eval Clin Pract 2010;16:484-491.
22. Thomas E, Silman AJ, Croft PR, Papageorgiou AC, Jayson MI, Macfarlane GJ. Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study. BMJ 1999;318:1662-1667. (Pubitemid 29276761)
23. Freburger JK, Holmes GM, Agans RP, Jackman AM, Darter JD, Wallance AS, et al. The rising prevalence of chronic low back pain. Arch Inter Med 2009;169:251-258.
24. Heuch I, Hagen K, Heuch I, Nygaard Ø, Zwart JA. The impact of body mass index on the prevalence of low back pain: the HUNT study. Spine 2010;35:764-768.
25. Quittan M. Management of back pain. Disabil Rehabil 2002;24:423-434. (Pubitemid 34649561)
26. van Tulder MW, Malmivaara A, Esmail R, Koes BW. Exercise therapy for low back pain: a systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane collaboration back review group. Spine 2000;25:2784-2796. (Pubitemid 32042580)
27. Liddle SD, Baxter GD, Gracey JH. Exercise and chronic low back pain: what works? Pain 2004;107:176-190. (Pubitemid 38058713)
28. Jenkins EM, Borenstein DG. Exercise for the low back pain patient. Bailère's Clin Rheumatol 1994;8:191-197. (Pubitemid 24071223)
29. Jakson CP, Brown MD. Is there a role for exercise in the treatment of patients with low back pain? Clin Orthop Related Res 1983;179:39-44.
30. Grabois M. Management of chronic low back pain. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2005;84:29-41.
31. Maughan EF, Lewis JS. Outcome measures in chronic low back pain. Eur Spine J 2010 Apr. 17 [Epub ahead of print].
32. Tarsuslu T, Yümin ET, Öztürk A, Yümin M. The relation between health-related quality of life and pain, depression, anxiety, and functional independence in persons with chronic physical disability. Agri 2010;22:30-36.
33. Panda M, Staton LJ, Chen I, Kurz J, O'Rorke J, Pasanen M, et al. The influence of discordance in pain assessment on the functional status of patients with chronic nonmalignant pain. Am J Med Sci 2006;332:18-23. (Pubitemid 44086660)
34. Ostelo R W J, Deyo RA, Stratford P, Waddell G, Croft P, Von Korff M, et al. Interpreting change scores for pain and functional status in low back pain. Spine 2008;33:90-94.
35. Deyo RA, Walsh NE, Martin DC, Schoenfeld LS, Ramamurthy S. A controlled trial of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and exercise for chronic low back pain. N Engl J Med 1990;322:1627-1634. (Pubitemid 20171586)
36. Quittan M. Management of back pain. Disabil Rehabil 2002;24:423-434. (Pubitemid 34649561)
37. Leclaire R, Esdaile JM, Suissa S, Rossignol M, Proulx R, Dupuis M. Back school in a first episode of compensated acute low back pain: a clinical trial to assess efficacy and prevent relapse. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996;77:673-679. (Pubitemid 26240512)
38. Cohen JE, Goel V, Frank JW, Bombardier C, Peloso P, Guillemin F. Group education interventions for people with low back pain. An overview of the literature. Spine 1994;19:1214-1222. (Pubitemid 24181242)
39. Hall H, Hadler NM. Controversy. Low back school: education or exercise? Spine 1995;20:1097-1098.
40. Tavafian SS, Jamshidi A, Montazeri A. A randomized study of back school in women with chronic low back pain: quality of life at three, six, and twelve months follow up. Spine 2008;33:1617-1621.
41. Klaber Moffet JA, Chase SM, Portek I, Ennis JR. A controlled, prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of a back school in the relief of chronic low back pain. Spine 1986;11:120-122. (Pubitemid 16071779)
42. Hall H, Iceton JA. Back school. An overview with specific reference to the Canadian Back Education Units. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1983;179:10-17.
43. Irina Maul, Thomas Laubli, Michael Oliveri, Helmut Krueger. Long-term effects of supervised physical training in secondary prevention of low back pain. Eur Spine J 2005;14:599-611. (Pubitemid 41159469)