Amsterdam International Forum VIII: Free paper presentations
  Amsterdam International Forum VIII
PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH ON LOW BACK PAIN 		 

Free paper presentations theme 1
 Thursday, June 8th, 2006: 16:00 - 17:30

Effectiveness of treatments
Chair: Bart Koes

Code Time Title of presentation Presenter
FP1.1 16:00 - 16:15 Effect sizes for treatment of non specific low back pain. Anne Keller
FP1.2 16:15 – 16:30 Physiotherapy plus general practitioners’ care more effective than general practitioners’care alone in patients with sciatica? 1-year results of a randomised clinical trial. Pim Luijsterburg
FP1.3 16:30 – 16:45 A comparison of two short education programs for improving low back pain-related disability in the elderly: a cluster randomized controlled clinical trial. María Teresa Gil del Real
FP1.4 16:45 – 17:00 Cost effectiveness of a return to work program for workers on sick leave due to low back pain. Willem van Mechelen
FP1.5 17:00 – 17:15 Function-centred rehabilitation increases work days in patients with non-acute non-specific low back pain: one-year results from a randomised controlled trial. Jan Kool
FP1.6 17:15 – 17:30 The development of a primary care interdisciplinary guideline for the clinical management of low back pain: the “CLIP” project. Stéphane Poitras

Free paper presentations theme 2
Friday, June 9th, 2006: 11:00 - 12:30

Education, beliefs and expectations
Chair: Dan Cherkin

Code Time Title of presentation Presenter
FP2.1 11:00 - 11:15 Complexity and low back pain. Shmuel Reis
FP2.2 11:15 – 11:30 Low Back Pain: Success of a Low Budget Media Campaign. Erik Werner
FP2.3 11:30 – 11:45 The Development And Use Of Mass Media Interventions for Low Back Pain: What Do Members Of The Public Think? Catherine Minns Lowe
FP2.4 11:45 – 12:00 How do patients’ and primary care practitioners’ beliefs and expectations about chronic musculoskeletal pain influence the process of care? A systematic review. Suzane Parson
FP2.5 12:00 – 12:15 Patient treatment preference influences outcome of low back pain: a randomised controlled trial of a community-based programme of exercise, education and cognitive behavioural therapy. Gareth T Jones
FP2.6 12:15 – 12:30 Do expectancy and credibility influence the effectiveness of treatment in chronic low back pain patients? Rob Smeets

Free paper presentations theme 3
Saturday, June 10th, 2006: 15:30 - 17:00

Minimal important change and prognosis
Chair: Riekie de Vet

Code Time Title of presentation Presenter
FP3.1 15:30 - 15:45 Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Pain and Disability Instruments in Low Back Pain Patients. Henrik Lauridsen
FP3.2 15:45 – 16:00 Minimal clinically important change on outcome measures in patients with non-specific low back pain. Nicole van der Roer
FP3.3 16:00 – 16:15 Predictive factors for disability after 1 and 5 year in patients seeking primary care for low back pain. Paul Enthoven
FP3.4 16:15 – 16:30 Determinants of Chronic Disability Related to Low Back Pain: Structural Equation Modeling of an Integrative Model. Manon Truchon
FP3.5 16:30 – 16:45 Prognostic factors for developing chronic low back pain. Martijn Heymans
FP3.6 16:45 – 17:00 Validation of a new low back pain sub-grouping tool for primary care (the STarT Back tool). Jonathan Hill





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