Table 3 Comparing the clusters in this study with subgroups in previous studies on patients with LBP
From: Clustering patients on the basis of their individual course of low back pain over a six month period
Langworthy[34] | Chen[35] | Tamcan[36] | Dunn[38] | Kongsted[5] | This study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant pain | Continous high | Severe persistent | Severe chronic | ||
Moderate persistent | Cluster 4 | ||||
Mild persistent | Mild persistent | Unchanged, improves thereafter | Clusters 1 & 3 | ||
Fluctuating pain | Fluctuating | Fluctuating | Fluctuating | Improved, Fluctuates thereafter | Cluster 3 Cluster 1 |
Recovering | Improved, remains so | Cluster 2 | |||
Large reduction | Cluster 4 |