Table 4.

The number of patients who had sought additional consultations or treatments from external care providers for their current back problem at 10-weeks (post-treatment) and at one-year follow-up

	Post-treatment			One-year follow-up
	Rest	Exercise	All	Rest	Exercise	All
GP	4 (9%)	5 (13%)	9 (11%)	15 (32%)	14 (30%)	29 (31%)
Specialist doctor	0 (0%)	2 (5%)	2 (2%)	6 (13%)	5 (11%)	11 (12%)
Chiropractor	2 (5%)	5 (13%)	7 (8%)	12 (26%)	11 (24%)	23 (25%)
Physiotherapist	2 (5%)	1 (3%)	3 (4%)	14 (30%)	10 (22%)	24 (26%)
Other	4 (9%)	1 (3%)	5 (6%)	9 (19%)	2 (4%)	11 (12%)

GP, general practitioner.