Low Back Pain: Prognosis & Patient Beliefs / 1 Credit

Learning Objectives:

• Review the existing literature on the role of catastrophizing as a
  prognostic factor in acute, subacute and chronic low back pain
• Explore low back pain patient expectations, experiences, and preferences surrounding exercise
• Determine whether psychological or social factors add predictive
  value to biomedical factors known to be associated with a better or
  worse outcome in spinal pain patients
• Analyze how beliefs and perceptions present in individuals with
  acute and chronic low back pain influence the perceived threat
  associated with their condition
• Examine the extent and quality of the evidence on clinical
  examination findings as prognostic factors for acute, recurrent, or
  chronic low back pain

Course Reviews:   reviews in this course are also available in MP3 format

1. Catastrophizing as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with LBP – Systematic Review
2. Patient Beliefs & Perceptions of Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain
3. Psychosocial Factors Do Not Improve Predictive Models in Spinal Pain
4. Patient Attitudes & Beliefs Related to Low Back Pain
5. Clinical Examination Findings as Prognostic Factors in LBP – Systematic Review

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