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Table 3 Duration of pain at baseline, type of treatment, and response to the first treatment

From: The Nordic back pain subpopulation program - individual patterns of low back pain established by means of text messaging: a longitudinal pilot study

Participants

 

LBP at baseline

n = 78

acute (1 - 7 days)

sub-acute (8 days - 3 months)

45%

33%

   chronic (> 3 months)

19%

   missing

3%

Type of treatment

 

   manipulation

85%

   mobilization

14%

   soft tissue technique

60%

   information/advice

82%

   exercise (any type)

32%

Status after 1 st treatment

 

   much better

12%

   better

36%

   unchanged

33%

   worse

12%

   much worse

5%

   missing

3%

  1. Duration of pain and type of treatment registered at the first visit to a chiropractor. Self-reported status after 1st treatment was collected by means of automatic test messages.