Association between changes in function among patients with lumbar impairments classified according to the STarT Back Screening Tool and managed by McKenzie credentialed physiotherapists.

CONCLUSIONS: Baseline STarT psychosocial risk stratifications should be interpreted cautiously to estimate the likelihood of good or poor FS outcomes at discharge from physiotherapy practice in the US when patients are managed by clinicians credentialed in McKenzie methods. Decreased STarT risk was associated with clinically important improvements in FS outcomes scores at discharge from McKenzie directed physiotherapy care. PMID: 29985738 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29985738?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - July 9, 2018 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Werneke MW, Edmond S, Young M, Grigsby D, McClenahan B, McGill T Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research