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Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be recruited from a private physical therapy clinic. Each patient will be assessed by two examiners on the same day. The first examiner will conduct a standardized set of tests to identi
Sponsors
EMGO+, VUmc, Amsterdam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Low back pain (LBP) as primary complaint, with or without associated leg pain, age over 17 years, and able to read and write Dutch
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: known or suspected specific LBP (e.g., cauda equina compression, fractures), severe radiculopathy, spondylolisthesis (grade 2 or more), serious co-morbidity (e.g., metastases, AIDS, cerebrovascular accident), psychopathology, currently pregnant or given birth in the past three months, lumbar spinal surgery in the previous 6 months, increase of pain due to clinical instability tests by the first examiner or inability to demonstrate any LBP symptoms during mechanical examination
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of positive instability tests measured before and after the MDT session will be calculated for all patients as will their classification as a centralizer or non-centralizer. The differences between instability results pre and post-MDT will be reported as a percentage and investigated with X2 tests between the two groups. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| As a secondary analysis, patients with a directional preference will be regarded centralizers and the same statistical tests will be used. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactA. Apeldoorn
Van der Boechorststraat 7
Outcome results
None listed