Pain, Clinical Tests, and Disability in Individuals With Radicular Low Back Pain: A Responsiveness and Correlation Study
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2026-01-01
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12036765
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19181523
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2-s2.0-105039927664
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Pain Research and Management
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2026
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1
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Pain Research and Management Vol.2026 No.1 (2026)
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Halidadjiyah, Sakulsriprasert P., Chansirinukor W. Pain, Clinical Tests, and Disability in Individuals With Radicular Low Back Pain: A Responsiveness and Correlation Study. Pain Research and Management Vol.2026 No.1 (2026). doi:10.1155/prm/9995879 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/117035
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Pain, Clinical Tests, and Disability in Individuals With Radicular Low Back Pain: A Responsiveness and Correlation Study
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Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the responsiveness of pain, clinical tests, and disability in individuals with RLBP. Methods: Thirty-two patients with RLBP were assessed for pain intensity (at rest and at worst), clinical tests comprising straight leg raising (SLR) and five-meter walk test (5MWT), and disability was assessed by the Modified Oswestry Disability Index (MODI) at baseline, immediately after, 1 week, and 2 weeks after first-session interventions. Change scores and effect size (ES) were calculated. Results: Pain at rest and pain at worst were most responsive with large ES, especially at 2 weeks (ES = 3.6 and 3.6, respectively). SLR and 5MWT were responsive with large ES at 2 weeks (ES = 0.9 and 0.9, respectively). Also, MODI was responsive at 2 weeks (ES = 1.0). Conclusions: This study indicated that the responsiveness of pain intensity (at rest and at worst), SLR, 5MWT, and MODI in patients with RLBP at 2 weeks after therapeutic interventions was evident.