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Table 3 A description of patients with LBP who, after 1 month of treatment, fit this management strategy: "I would not consider the treatment to be fully completed and would try a few more treatments and perhaps change my treatment strategy, until I am sure that I cannot do anymore".

From: The Nordic maintenance care program: case management of chiropractic patients with low back pain – defining the patients suitable for various management strategies

General definition of symptoms/findings given as reasons

Total number of replies

Examples

Not (completely) better or worse

10

Improved but not cured

Not better

Only a little better

New symptoms

Slight increase in symptoms

Symptoms worse

Slightly worse

Reoccurrence

Clinical findings

3

Symptom free but clinical findings

Recurrent physical findings

Antalgia