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. 2008 Jan 23;2008(1):CD004057. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004057.pub3

Moseley 2004.

Methods RCT
Participants N=58; Mean age: 43; Gender (female): 57%; Diagnosis: > 6 months LBP (mean 29 mo LBP) 
 Setting: private rehabilitation clinics
Interventions (E1) 1:1 educational session of 3 hours by physical therapist with focus on anatomy of lower back, posture and endurance (N=27) 
 (E2) 1:1 educational session of 3 hours by physical therapist with focus on the neurosystem (N=31)
Outcomes Back pain‐specific functional status 
 Roland Morris (0 to 24) baseline and at end of intervention (after 15 week days after first session)##: (E1)15 (±4), 16(±3); (E2)15 (±4), 14(±3)
Secondary outcomes: 
 'Survey of pain attitudes' at baseline and at end of intervention (after 15 weekdays after first session)## 
 Pain catastrophizing scale at baseline and at end of intervention (after 15 weekdays after first session)##
## (E2) more effective than (E1) (P < 0.05)
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear risk Unclear from text
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear
Blinding? 
 All outcomes ‐ patients? Low risk  
Blinding? 
 All outcomes ‐ providers? Low risk  
Blinding? 
 All outcomes ‐ outcome assessors? Unclear risk Unclear from text
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes ‐ drop‐outs during intervention? Low risk  
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes ‐ drop‐outs during follow‐up? High risk  
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes ‐ ITT analysis? Low risk  
Similarity at baseline characteristics? Low risk  
Co‐interventions avoided or similar? Unclear risk Unclear from text
Compliance acceptable? Unclear risk Unclear from text