Table 3.
Number and treatment modalities of face-to-face physiotherapy sessions for patients from the stratified blended physiotherapy group and face-to-face physiotherapy group.
| Category | Stratified blended physiotherapy (risk of developing persistent LBPa) |
Face-to-face physiotherapy (risk of developing persistent LBP) |
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Low (n=52) | Medium (n=34) | High (n=9) | Total (n=95) | Low (n=57) | Medium (n=34) | High (n=3) | Total (n=94) | ||||||||||
| Number of sessions, mean (SD) | 3.77 (2.54) | 5.65 (2.65) | 7.67 (3.54) | 4.81 (2.94) | 4.88 (2.02) | 5.09 (2.51) | 4.33 (4.16) | 4.94 (2.26) | ||||||||||
| Treatment modalities, n (%)b | ||||||||||||||||||
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Education | 42 (81) | 24 (71) | 6 (67) | 72 (76) | 43 (75) | 25 (74) | 2 (67) | 70 (74) | |||||||||
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Strength exercises | 9 (17) | 3 (9) | 1 (11) | 13 (14) | 7 (12) | 6 (18) | 0 (0) | 13 (14) | |||||||||
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Stability exercises | 14 (27) | 5 (15) | 4 (44) | 23 (24) | 14 (25) | 11 (32) | 0 (0) | 25 (27) | |||||||||
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Endurance training | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | |||||||||
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Functional exercises | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 4 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | |||||||||
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Active mobilization | 15 (29) | 10 (29) | 2 (22) | 27 (28) | 22 (39) | 11 (32) | 2 (67) | 35 (37) | |||||||||
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Passive mobilization | 12 (23) | 16 (47) | 3 (33) | 31 (33) | 15 (26) | 9 (26) | 1 (33) | 25 (27) | |||||||||
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Massage | 4 (8) | 8 (24) | 2 (22) | 14 (15) | 9 (19) | 5 (15) | 0 (0) | 14 (15) | |||||||||
aLBP: low back pain.
bAmount (%) of patients who received the treatment modality as part of the face-to-face physiotherapy session for ≥60% of the total number of face-to-face physiotherapy sessions.