The association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people seeking care for acute low back pain.
Eur Spine J
; 24(3): 452-7, 2015 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25597041
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate the association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people with acute non-specific low back pain (LBP).METHODS:
The sample included a total of 999 patients who presented to primary care with an acute episode of low back pain. Symptom severity, in terms of activity limitation and severity of pain; and physical activity participation before (habitual) and after pain onset were assessed using self-report questionnaires. All participants were interviewed within 14 days of pain onset.RESULTS:
At interview most of the participants (87.5 %) reported having moderate to extreme activity limitation due to back pain. There was a significant decrease in physical activity participation after pain onset (mean difference -176 min, 95 % CI 327-400; p < 0.0001) but no association between habitual or change in physical activity participation and symptom severity was observed (p > 0.21).CONCLUSION:
Pain onset causes a significant and immediate decrease in physical activity participation, but this change does not seem to be associated with symptom severity.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Severity of Illness Index
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Low Back Pain
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Motor Activity
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Spine J
Journal subject:
ORTOPEDIA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Publication country:
ALEMANHA
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ALEMANIA
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DE
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DEUSTCHLAND
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GERMANY