Preliminary examination of a proposed treatment-based classification system for patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Neck pain frequently is managed by physical therapists. The development of classification methods for matching interventions to subgroups of patients may improve clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe a proposed classification system for patients with ne...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 87; no. 5; pp. 513 - 525 |
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| Formato: | algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106108068&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106108068 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00319023 PTH jtl: Physical Therapy issn: 00319023 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2007 vid: 87 iid: 5 pid: 10398 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 106108068 2009579269 10.2522/ptj.20060192 NLM17374633 106108068 ppf: 513 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Preliminary examination of a proposed treatment-based classification system for patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain. aug: au: Fritz JM Brennan GP affil: Division of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, USA. julie.fritz@hsc.utah.edu sug: subj: Neck Pain Classification Neck Pain Therapy Physical Therapy Adult Chi Square Test Clinical Assessment Tools Confidence Intervals Descriptive Statistics Female Funding Source Interrater Reliability kappa Statistic Kruskal-Wallis Test Male Middle Age Prospective Studies T-Tests Treatment Outcomes Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Neck pain frequently is managed by physical therapists. The development of classification methods for matching interventions to subgroups of patients may improve clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe a proposed classification system for patients with neck pain by examining data for consecutive patients receiving physical therapy interventions. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Standardized methods for collecting baseline and intervention data were used for all patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain over 1 year. Outcome variables were the Neck Disability Index (NDI), numeric pain rating, and number of visits. Treatment was provided at the discretion of the physical therapist. After the completion of treatment, each patient was classified by use of baseline variables. The interventions received by the patient were categorized as being matched or not matched to the classification. Outcomes for patients who received matched interventions were compared with those for patients who received nonmatched interventions. The interrater reliability of the classification algorithm was examined with a subset of 50 patients. RESULTS: A total of 274 patients were included in this study (74% women; age [mean+/-SD]=44.4+/-16.0 years). The most common classification was centralization (34.7%); next were exercise and conditioning (32.8%) and mobility (17.5%). The interrater reliability for classification decisions was high (kappa=.95, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.87-1.0). A total of 113 patients (41.2%) received interventions matched to the classification. Receiving matched interventions was associated with greater improvements in the NDI (mean difference=5.6 points, 95% CI=2.6-8.6) and in pain ratings (mean difference=0.74 point, 95% CI=0.21-1.3) than receiving nonmatched interventions. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The development of classification methods for patients with neck pain may improve the outcomes of physical therapy intervention. This study was done to examine a previously proposed classification system for patients receiving physical therapy interventions for neck pain. Receiving interventions matched to the classification system was associated with better outcomes than receiving nonmatched interventions. Although the design of this study prohibited drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of the system, the results suggest that further research on the system may be warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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