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| Title |
Associations between community-based physiotherapy for musculoskeletal injury and health related quality of life (EQ-5D): a multi-centre retrospective analysis
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-017-0789-3 |
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| Authors |
Nick Caplan, H. Robson, A. Robson, G. Barry, G. Wilkes |
| Abstract |
Community-based musculoskeletal physiotherapy is used to improve function and health related quality of life (HRQoL). The purpose of this retrospective, multi-centre observational study was to determine the association between community-based physiotherapy management for musculoskeletal disorders and changes in HRQoL. Four thousand one hundred twelve patients' data were included in the study. Patients were included if they received a single period of treatment for a musculoskeletal injury or disorder. Patients were only included if they were being treated for a single morbidity. Patients received standard physiotherapy appropriate to their specific disorder, which could include health education/advice, exercise therapy, manual therapy, taping, soft tissue techniques, electrotherapy and/or acupuncture. Health related quality of life was assessed using the EQ-5D index. EQ-5D improved by 0.203 across all patients (d = 1.10). When grouped by anatomical site of symptom, the largest increases in EQ-5D was in foot pain (0.233; d = 1.29) and lumbar pain (0.231; d = 1.13). Improvements in EQ-5D greater than the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) were seen in 68.4% of all patients. The highest proportion of patients with positive responses to treatment were in ankle pain (74.2%) and thoracic pain (73.4%). The hand (40.5%), elbow (34.7%), and hip (33.9%) showed the greatest proportion of patients that did not respond to treatment. Community-based musculoskeletal physiotherapy is associated with improved health related quality of life. A randomised controlled trial is needed to determine any causal relationship between community-based physiotherapy and health related quality of life improvements. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 33 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 21 | 64% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 9 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 24 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 18% |
| Scientists | 2 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 125 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 125 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 6% |
| Researcher | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 13% |
| Unknown | 54 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 34 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 59 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2019.
All research outputs
#1,489,196
of 24,935,186 outputs
Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#69
of 2,275 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,999
of 333,865 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#4
of 64 outputs
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