Understanding how individualised physiotherapy or advice altered different elements of disability for people with low back pain using network analysis.
Liew, Bernard X W; Ford, Jon J; Briganti, Giovanniet al.
Disabled Persons; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Low Back Pain/complications/therapy; Male; Physical Therapy Modalities; Social Network Analysis
Abstract :
[en] PURPOSE: The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a common aggregate measure of disability for people with Low Back Pain (LBP). Scores on individual items and the relationship between items of the ODI may help understand the complexity of low back disorders and their response to treatment. In this study, we present a network analysis to explore how individualised physiotherapy or advice might influence individual items of the ODI, and the relationship between those items, at different time points for people with LBP. METHODS: Data from a randomised controlled trial (n = 300) comparing individualised physiotherapy versus advice for low back pain were used. A network analysis was performed at baseline, 5, 10, 26 and 52 weeks, with the 10 items of the Oswestry Disability Index modelled as continuous variables and treatment group (Individualised Physiotherapy or Advice) modelled as a dichotomous variable. A Mixed Graphical Model was used to estimate associations between variables in the network, while centrality indices (Strength, Closeness and Betweenness) were calculated to determine the importance of each variable. RESULTS: Individualised Physiotherapy was directly related to lower Sleep and Pain scores at all follow-up time points relative to advice, as well as a lower Standing score at 10-weeks, and higher Lifting and Travelling scores at 5-weeks. The strongest associations in the network were between Sitting and Travelling at weeks 5 and 26, between Walking and Standing at week 10, and between Sitting and Standing scores at week 52. ODI items with the highest centrality measures were consistently found to be Pain, Work and Social Life. CONCLUSION: This study represents the first to understand how individualised physiotherapy or advice differentially altered disability in people with LBP. Individualised Physiotherapy directly reduced Pain and Sleep more effectively than advice, which in turn may have facilitated improvements in other disability items. Through their high centrality measures, Pain may be considered as a candidate therapeutic target for optimising LBP management, while Work and Socialising may need to be addressed via intermediary improvements in lifting, standing, walking, travelling or sleep. Slower (5-week follow-up) improvements in Lifting and Travelling as an intended element of the Individualised Physiotherapy approach did not negatively impact any longer-term outcomes. TRIALS REGISTRATION: ACTRN12609000834257.
Disciplines :
Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Liew, Bernard X W; ORCID: 0000-0002-7057-7548 ; School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex,
Ford, Jon J; Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, La
Briganti, Giovanni ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Service de Neurosciences ; Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts United
Hahne, Andrew J; Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, La
Language :
English
Title :
Understanding how individualised physiotherapy or advice altered different elements of disability for people with low back pain using network analysis.
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