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. 2022 Feb 25;24(2):e31675. doi: 10.2196/31675

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)

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

Education 42 (81) 24 (71) 6 (67) 72 (76) 43 (75) 25 (74) 2 (67) 70 (74)

Strength exercises 9 (17) 3 (9) 1 (11) 13 (14) 7 (12) 6 (18) 0 (0) 13 (14)

Stability exercises 14 (27) 5 (15) 4 (44) 23 (24) 14 (25) 11 (32) 0 (0) 25 (27)

Endurance training 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3)

Functional exercises 3 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3) 4 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (4)

Active mobilization 15 (29) 10 (29) 2 (22) 27 (28) 22 (39) 11 (32) 2 (67) 35 (37)

Passive mobilization 12 (23) 16 (47) 3 (33) 31 (33) 15 (26) 9 (26) 1 (33) 25 (27)

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.