Open AccessPredicting chronic low-back pain based on pain trajectories in patients in an occupational setting: an exploratory analysis
Author(s) -
Guus Panken,
Trynke Hoekstra,
Arianne Verhagen,
Maurits W. van Tulder,
Jos W. R. Twisk,
Martijn W. Heymans
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3584
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , physical therapy , low back pain , psychological intervention , cohort , analysis of variance , explained variation , intensity (physics) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , statistics , alternative medicine , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , mathematics
This study aimed to (i) identify subpopulations of patients in an occupational setting who will still have or develop chronic low-back pain (LBP) and (ii) evaluate a previously developed prediction model based on the determined subpopulations.