Harrison J Hansford, Matthew D Jones, Aidan G Cashin, Raymond Wjg Ostelo, Alessandro Chiarotto, Sam A Williams, Saurab Sharma, John M Rose, Jack J Devonshire, Michael C Ferraro, Michael A Wewege, James H McAuley
OBJECTIVE: To identify the smallest worthwhile effect (SWE) of exercise therapy for people with non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP). DESIGN: Discrete choice experiment. METHODS: The SWE was estimated as the lowest reduction in pain that participants would consider exercising worthwhile, compared to not exercising i.e., effects due to natural history and other components (e.g., regression to the mean). We recruited English-speaking adults in Australia with non-specific CLBP to our online survey via email obtained from a registry of previous participants and advertisements on social media...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy