Return-to-work status 1 year after muscle reconditioning in chronic low back pain patients.
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serval:BIB_D95B7F90AE75
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Return-to-work status 1 year after muscle reconditioning in chronic low back pain patients.
Journal
Joint, bone, spine
ISSN
1297-319X (Print)
ISSN-L
1297-319X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2004
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
71
Number
2
Pages
136-139
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
To evaluate return-to-work status 1 year after a physical deconditioning program in manual laborers with chronic low back pain.
In this open prospective study, a questionnaire was sent to 125 patients and their physicians (115 men and 10 women, mean age 40 years). Mean sick leave duration at program initiation was 4 months. All participants had followed a physical reconditioning program 12 months earlier. The program for the present study included 6 h of physical and occupational therapy each day, 5 d a week for 3 weeks.
One hundred and nine questionnaires were evaluable. Fifty-seven patients (52.3%) were working, 39 (35.8%) full time and 18 (16.5%) part time. The remaining 52 patients were on disability leave. Among the study variables, only a favorable subjective evaluation by the patient at completion of the program and absence of clinical evidence of nonorganic pain at study inclusion significantly predicted return-to-work within 1 year.
This intensive reconditioning program for low back pain patients had positive effects on return-to-work status after 1 year.
In this open prospective study, a questionnaire was sent to 125 patients and their physicians (115 men and 10 women, mean age 40 years). Mean sick leave duration at program initiation was 4 months. All participants had followed a physical reconditioning program 12 months earlier. The program for the present study included 6 h of physical and occupational therapy each day, 5 d a week for 3 weeks.
One hundred and nine questionnaires were evaluable. Fifty-seven patients (52.3%) were working, 39 (35.8%) full time and 18 (16.5%) part time. The remaining 52 patients were on disability leave. Among the study variables, only a favorable subjective evaluation by the patient at completion of the program and absence of clinical evidence of nonorganic pain at study inclusion significantly predicted return-to-work within 1 year.
This intensive reconditioning program for low back pain patients had positive effects on return-to-work status after 1 year.
Keywords
Adult, Chronic Disease, Employment/statistics & numerical data, Exercise Therapy/methods, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Low Back Pain/diagnosis, Low Back Pain/rehabilitation, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Muscle, Skeletal/physiology, Pain Measurement, Physical Therapy Modalities/methods, Probability, Prospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Statistics, Nonparametric, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Work Capacity Evaluation
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Web of science
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