Konstantinou, K., Beardmore, R., Dunn, K.M. et al. (9 more authors) (2012) Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disorders, 13 (4).
Abstract
Low-back related leg pain with or without nerve root involvement is associated with a poor prognosis compared to low back pain (LBP) alone. Compared to the literature investigating prognostic indicators of outcome for LBP, there is limited evidence on prognostic factors for low back-related leg pain including the group with nerve root pain. This 1 year prospective consultation-based observational cohort study will describe the clinical, imaging, demographic characteristics and health economic outcomes for the whole cohort, will investigate differences and identify prognostic indicators of outcome (i.e. change in disability at 12 months), for the whole cohort and, separately, for those classified with and without nerve root pain. In addition, nested qualitative studies will provide insights on the clinical consultation and the impact of diagnosis and treatment on patients' symptom management and illness trajectory.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Konstantinou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Adult; Aged; Back Pain; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neurologic Examination; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Radiculopathy; Sciatica; Young Adult |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2015 13:39 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2015 13:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-4 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/1471-2474-13-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82665 |