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Table 2 Description of the 731 chiropractic patients who took part in a practice-based outcome study on low back pain

From: The Nordic Subpopulation Research Programme: prediction of treatment outcome in patients with low back pain treated by chiropractors - does the psychological profile matter?

Variables

Number of respondents

Number

Percentage

LBP

731

  

yes

 

718

98

no (only leg pain)

 

13

2

Leg pain

731

  

yes

 

271

37

no

 

460

63

Pain intensity past 24 hrs

727

  

none

 

16

2

weak

 

86

12

moderate

 

303

42

severe

 

276

38

unbearable

 

46

6

Duration of pain this period

730

  

1-7 days

 

262

36

8-14 days

 

108

15

more than 14 days

 

360

49

Duration of pain in total past 12 months

730

  

maximum 30 days

 

367

50

more than 30 days

 

363

50

Problems past yr also in neck/mid back

728

  

no

 

366

50

yes in total maximum 30 days

 

161

22

yes in total more than 30 days

 

201

28

General health

727

  

very good

 

280

39

quite good

 

286

39

OK

 

116

16

quite bad

 

43

6

very bad

 

2

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Type of treatment at 1st visit (several replies possible)

731

  

SMT (incl. activator)

 

626

86

drop-piece table

 

69

79

soft tissue therapy

 

377

52

blocks/SOT

 

42

6

  1. Clinical data at base-line