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Days of sick leave 1.4(03 to 5.3) 12.0 (6.0 to 25.6) 6.5 (1.5 to 30.9) 0.004(OMT/McK)
confidence interval obtained by bias corrected and accelerated bootstrapping (5000 replications)
OMT = Orthopedic manual therapy
McK = McKenzie
There emerged fewer days of sick leave because of LBP in the Advice-only
group prior to treatment than in the McKenzie and OMT groups, but during
treatment periods and in the 12-month follow-up were more days of sick leave
in the McKenzie group than the Advice-only and OMT groups. The difference
between the OMT and McKenzie groups was statistically significant (Table 9).
Despite the high percentage of patients on sick leave at the 6- and 12- month
follow-up in the Advice-only group, the difference compared to other groups
was not statistically significant.
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FIGURE 4 Treatment effects comparing OMT and McK groups to Advice only. Mean
changes from baseline at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up points in leg pain,
low back pain VAS (0-10), and Roland-Morris (0-24) disability index among
26 participants in the Advice only, 35 in the OMT, and 45 in the McKenzie
method group who completed the 12-month follow-up. Error bars represent
95% confidence intervals, and p-values indicate treatment effects in the
OMT(
#
) and the McKenzie method(
, Co/SL)
Number of LBP Episodes
0 1 (2%) 3 (7%) 20 (37%) 0.05 (Co
, CL/SL)
15 12 (22%) 23 (49%) 27 (49%) NS
610 22 (40%) 12 (25%) 4 (7%) 0.05 (CL, Co/SL
)
More Tan 10 20 (36%) 9 (19%) 4 (7%) 0.05 (CL, Co/SL)
Type of Work
Light 41 (77 %) 42 (89%) 52 (94%) NS
Heavy 14 (23%) 5 (11%) 3 (6%) NS
Sick Leave at Baseline
Number of Subjects (%) 23 (42%) 6 (12%) 0 0.05 (CL, Co/SL)
CLBP = chronic low back pain; SLBP = subacute low back pain; NS = not signifcant
CLBP group;
SLBP group;