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Table 2 Mean NRS and ODI scores of the three classes

From: Pain trajectories and possible predictors of a favourable course of low back pain in patients consulting musculoskeletal physicians in The Netherlands

Mean NDI and ODI

Class 1 (N = 226, 20%)

Class 2 (N = 578, 52%)

Class 3 (N = 313, 28%)

NRS (SD)

ODI (SD)

NRS (SD)

ODI (SD)

NDI (SD)

ODI (SD)

Baseline

6.9 (1.2)

24.8 (15.8)

7.0 (1.1)

26.4 (15.4)

3.5 (1.1)

15.5 (12.7)

6 weeks

5.2 (2.2)

17.6 (14.5)

4.0 (2.4)

15.0 (14.4)

2.5 (1.9)

8.6 (9.7)

12 weeks

5.7 (2.4)

19.7 (15.6)

2.9 (2.3)

11.0 (11.4)

2.6 (2.2)

8.7 (10.8)

18 weeks

5.7 (2.1)

18.9 (16.3)

2.6 (2.2)

8.1 (10.2)

2.5 (2.2)

8.6 (10.4)

26 weeks

6.7 (1.2)

19.4 (14.7)

1.8 (1.4)

6.1 (7.3)

2.2 (1.7)

8.0 (9.9)

Baseline-26 wk. change

0.2 (3%)

5.4 (22%)

5.2 (74%)

20.3 (77%)

1.3 (37%)

7.5 (48%)

  1. Mean NRS and ODI scores (SD) of all three LCGA classes at baseline and at all follow-up moments, and the score change between baseline and 26 weeks follow-up