Acute back pain: a control-group comparison of behavioral vs traditional management methods.
Back-pain patients with onset in the preceding 1-10 days and comparable on a back examination were randomly assigned to traditional management (A regimen) and behavioral treatment methods (B regimen). Patients were compared at 6 weeks and 9-12 months on a set of "Sick/Well" scores derived from patient reported vocational status (V), health-care utilization (HCU), claimed impairment (CI), and pain drawings (D) and on two measures of activity level. No differences were found at 6 weeks, but at 9-12 months, A-group S's were more "sick." No A/B differences were found on activity-level measures. Group A S's showed significant increases in claimed impairment from preonset to follow-up, whereas Group B S's had returned at follow-up to preonset levels.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004651:Employment; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D011897:Random Allocation
D000700:Analgesics