Psychosocial factors and their predictive value in chiropractic patients with low back pain: a prospective inception cohort study

摘要

BackgroundBeing able to estimate the likelihood of poor recovery from episodes of back pain is important for care. Studies of psychosocial factors in inception cohorts in general practice and occupational populations have begun to make inroads to these problems. However, no studies have yet investigated this in chiropractic patients.