The use of machine learning classification techniques appears to have resulted in classification performance better than clinician decision-making. The final algorithm has been integrated into a computer-based clinical decision support tool that requires additional validation in a clinical sample.
The clinically important rate of functional change appears to be 5 kg/week on FCE floor-to-waist lifting and 7 points/week on the PDI (scored out of 100). Rate of functional change appears to be multifactorial, with a variety of physical, demographic, clinical, and environmental factors explaining rate of change.
Changing to an outcome-focused program improved various outcomes in this RTW program. Several factors predict the outcome of RTW and these should be considered in treatment planning.
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