Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain

ConclusionsThe Keele STarT MSK tool demonstrates good validity and acceptable predictive performance, and clearly identifies groups of musculoskeletal pain patients with different characteristics and prognosis. Using prognostic information for stratification and treatment matching may be clinically/cost-effective.

Source: European Journal of Pain - June 8, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: KM Dunn, P Campbell, M Lewis, JC Hill, DA van der Windt, E Afolabi, J Protheroe, S Wathall, S Jowett, R Oppong, CD Mallen, EM Hay, NE Foster Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research