PMID- 31254095 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200729 LR - 20210215 IS - 1432-0932 (Electronic) IS - 0940-6719 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Nov TI - Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study. PG - 2462-2469 LID - 10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Exercise therapy such as motor control training (MCT) has been shown to reduce pain and disability in people with low back pain (LBP). It is unknown which patients are most likely to benefit. This longitudinal cohort study aimed to: (1) retrospectively examine records from a large cohort of patients who received MCT treatment, (2) identify potentially important predictors of response to MCT and (3) test the predictors on an independent (split) sample derived from the original cohort of patients, using one group to identify the predictors and the other to test them. METHODS: The response of 775 patients with LBP to MCT was classified as 'improved' or 'not improved' based on self-reported change in pain levels and symptoms. Measures were examined for associations with improvement and entered into a logistic regression model to classify patients as low, medium or high benefits of improvement with MCT. The model was tested on an independent sample. RESULTS: A positive response was seen in patients with: no evidence of scoliosis [OR = 4.0, 95% CI (1.7, 9.6)], LBP without associated groin pain [OR = 2.2, 95% CI (1.0, 5.0)], LBP which was chronic recurrent in nature [OR = 3.1, 95% CI (1.8, 5.3)] and poor results on muscle testing of the multifidus muscle [OR = 2.0, 95% CI (1.1, 3.7)]. Testing on an independent sample confirmed that patients could be classified into benefit groups. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a first step towards assisting clinicians to select patients most likely to respond to MCT. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material. FAU - Hides, Julie A AU - Hides JA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1830-8121 AD - School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia. J.Hides@griffith.edu.au. AD - Mater Back Stability Research Clinic, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. J.Hides@griffith.edu.au. FAU - Murphy, Michael AU - Murphy M AD - Mater Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. AD - Physiotherapy Department, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. FAU - Jang, Ellen AU - Jang E AD - Mater Back Stability Research Clinic, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. AD - Physiotherapy Department, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. FAU - Blackwell, Linda AU - Blackwell L AD - Mater Back Stability Research Clinic, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. AD - Physiotherapy Department, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. FAU - Sexton, Margot AU - Sexton M AD - School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia. FAU - Sexton, Christopher AU - Sexton C AD - School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia. FAU - Mendis, M Dilani AU - Mendis MD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0533-2587 AD - School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia. AD - Physiotherapy Department, Mater Health, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190627 PL - Germany TA - Eur Spine J JT - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society JID - 9301980 SB - IM CIN - Eur Spine J. 2019 Oct;28(10):2431. PMID: 31446494 CIN - Eur Spine J. 2019 Oct;28(10):2432. PMID: 31451962 MH - Cohort Studies MH - Exercise Therapy/*methods MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Low Back Pain/*therapy MH - Male MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Visual Analog Scale OTO - NOTNLM OT - Exercise therapy OT - Low back pain OT - Multifidus muscle OT - Prognostic factors OT - Rehabilitation EDAT- 2019/06/30 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/06/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Spine J. 2019 Nov;28(11):2462-2469. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7. Epub 2019 Jun 27.