A controlled study on the outcome of inpatient and outpatient treatment of low back pain: Pain, disability, and compliance during a 2.5-year follow-up period

Predictors of compliance with short-term treatment among patients with back pain

“…Several studies have attempted to identify factors, beliefs, and attitudes that influence exercise adherence (39)(40)(41). There are indications that exercise adherence in low back pain treatment is as poor as with other diseases or treatments (42)(43)(44). Spelman (43) reported that only 30% of patients were compliant with a back exercise regimen.…”

Vocational outcome of intervention for low-back pain

“…A good example of this "case management approach" is the Sherbrooke model, which includes both clinical and ergonomic approaches (80). More randomized clinical trials on this subject are needed, as has already been noted by Lechner et a1 (46) in their review about the effectiveness of work hardening and work conditioning programs (76). They found only 2 randomized clinical trials out of 12, most of them with promising results.…”

“…Of the 380 articles retrieved in our literature search, only 18 references (4%) met our inclusion criteria (38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55). Another 16 articles (56-71) were included by screening the references of the retrieved studies and of reviews about back schools (6,7,72), pain treatment centers (73)(74)(75), occupational rehabilitation (8,76) and spinal manipulation (9,10).…”

“…Five randomized clinical trials were identified (46,48,55,56,63) for back schools or exercise therapy. One of these trials used a waiting list group, but did not pass the statistical power criterion.…”

Interdisciplinary treatment for fibromyalgia syndrome: Clinical and statistical significance

“…When the absolute value of RC exceeds 1.96, the improvement is considered to have reliably occurred at the alpha level of 0.05. This method has been used in treatment studies with chronic pain patients (35,36).…”