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Table 3 Associations between baseline parameters and LBP course patterns in 76 chiropractor patients

From: The Nordic back pain subpopulation program: Can low back pain patterns be predicted from the first consultation with a chiropractor? A longitudinal pilot study

 

Pain course pattern

    
 

Improved-recovered

Improved- stayed so

Improved-fluctuated

Unchanged-improved

Unchanged-fluctuated

Other patterns or missing

p-value

Gender (%)

      

< 0.01

Males

28

46

3

10

5

8

 

Females

3

33

15

21

10

18

 

Age (median [IQR])

36 [33-43]

36 [31-51]

49 [34-56]

47 [41-53]

49 [42-59]

30 [46-54]

0.02

Duration (%)

      

0.8

1 - 7 days

17

40

6

17

6

14

 

- 3 months

15

46

12

12

8

7

 

> 3 months

13

27

13

20

13

13

 

Leg pain

      

0.1

Yes

3

43

10

23

10

11

 

No

24

37

10

12

7

7

 

Diagnostic class (%)

      

0.05

   Disc

5

32

23

14

14

12

 

   SI-joint

21

43

7

7

7

15

 

   Dysfunction

20

48

0

28

4

0

 

   Muscle

33

17

17

0

17

16

 

   Other*

9

45

0

9

0

36

 
  1. * Classes with less than five patients pooled
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