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Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research

Application of a diagnosis-based clinical decision guide in patients with low back pain

Authors: Donald R Murphy, Eric L Hurwitz

Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

Low back pain (LBP) is common and costly. Development of accurate and efficacious methods of diagnosis and treatment has been identified as a research priority. A diagnosis-based clinical decision guide (DBCDG; previously referred to as a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule) has been proposed which attempts to provide the clinician with a systematic, evidence-based means to apply the biopsychosocial model of care. The approach is based on three questions of diagnosis. The purpose of this study is to present the prevalence of findings using the DBCDG in consecutive patients with LBP.

Methods

Demographic, diagnostic and baseline outcome measure data were gathered on a cohort of LBP patients examined by one of three examiners trained in the application of the DBCDG.

Results

Data were gathered on 264 patients. Signs of visceral disease or potentially serious illness were found in 2.7%. Centralization signs were found in 41%, lumbar and sacroiliac segmental signs in 23% and 27%, respectively and radicular signs were found in 24%. Clinically relevant myofascial signs were diagnosed in 10%. Dynamic instability was diagnosed in 63%, fear beliefs in 40%, central pain hypersensitivity in 5%, passive coping in 3% and depression in 3%.

Conclusion

The DBCDG can be applied in a busy private practice environment. Further studies are needed to investigate clinically relevant means to identify central pain hypersensitivity, poor coping and depression, correlations and patterns among the diagnostic components of the DBCDG as well as inter-examiner reliability and efficacy of treatment based on the DBCDG.
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Metadata
Title
Application of a diagnosis-based clinical decision guide in patients with low back pain
Authors
Donald R Murphy
Eric L Hurwitz
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 2045-709X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-709X-19-26

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