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Table 5 Treatments. Proportion of patients who reported they had received listed interventions as part of their treatment in the physiotherapy or chiropractic clinic

From: GLA:D® Back: group-based patient education integrated with exercises to support self-management of persistent back pain — feasibility of implementing standardised care by a course for clinicians

 

Before-group

After-group

GLA:D Back group

Advice about daily activities

30 (59%)

26 (58%)

35 (51%)

Thorough information/education individually

12 (24%)

8 (24%)

28 (40%)

Thorough information/education in a group

13 (27%)

10 (22%)

62 (89%)

Exercise therapy individually

37 (71%)

29 (64%)

32 (48%)

Exercise therapy in a group

14 (29%)

9 (20%)

64 (91%)

Manual therapy

20 (43%)

24 (51%)

22 (33%)

Massage

24 (49%)

18 (42%)

12 (18%)

Passive modalities or needles (e.g. laser, ultrasound, acupuncture)

9 (20%)

9 (20%)

9 (14%)

  1. Before-group participants recruited prior to implementation of GLA:D Back, after-group participants recruited after the implementation