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Table 1 Previous interventions and prognostic indicators at baseline in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial for non-surgical outpatients referred to orthopaedics

From: Naprapathy versus orthopaedic standard care for common musculoskeletal disorders: an 8-year follow-up of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Sweden

 

Experimental group

Control group

(n = 40)

(n = 38)

Mean age, years

38

45

Women %

42

60

Location of the worst pain, %

  

Foot/leg

32

23

Shoulder/arm

20

19

Knee

13

18

Back

14

17

Elbow/hand

13

11

Head/neck

3

7

Pelvis/hip

5

5

Duration of pain, %

  

 < 3 months

5

5

3–12 months

30

29

 > 12 months

65

66

Earlier interventions, %

  

Doctor*

40

38

Physiotherapist

40

34

X-rays

50

55

Injection

20

18

Medicine†

52

45

Other‡

25

18

Average pain

  

(VAS; 1–100: 100 = worst)

77

62

Disability (ADL functions)

  

100%

4

4

75%

2

1

50%

7

4

25%

14

4

0%

13

25

SF-36§

  

Pain

37.3

43.8

Physical function

70.4

73.3

  1. * Apart from the referral consultation; GP, orthopaedist or emergency visit
  2. Medicine requiring prescription only
  3. Chiropractor, osteopath, acupuncture, CRP/Borrelia/SR, orthosis, surgery
  4. § Higher value indicates less pain/better physical function