Table 1 Description of articles included classified by year of publication (n = 43)
First author Year of publication | Country | Design | Healthcare providers | Musculoskeletal disorder (MSDs) | Quality of the study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biggs et al. 1997 [25] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | DC (n = 401) | Mixed MSDs | Low |
Schers et al. 2000 [26] | Europe | Quantitative (cohort) | MD (n = 30) | Low back pain | High |
Hurley et al. 2002 [27] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 118) | Neck pain | Low |
Espeland et al. 2003 [28] | Europe | Qualitative | MD (n = 13) | Low back pain | Low |
Schectman et al. 2003 [29] | North America | Quantitative (RCT) | MD (n = 53) | Low back pain | Low |
Baker et al. 2006 [30] | Europe | Qualitative | MD (n = 29) | Low back pain | Low |
Coudeyre et al. 2006 [31] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 864) | Low back pain | Low |
Dahan et al. 2006 [32] | Israel | Qualitative | MD (n = 38) | Low back pain | Low |
Poiraudeau et al. 2006 [33] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 266) | Low back pain | Medium |
Bishop et al. 2008 [34] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | Mixed providers (n = 1022) | Low back pain | Medium |
Chenot et al. 2008 [35] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 72) | Low back pain | Low |
Corbett et al. 2009 [36] | Europe | Mixed method | MD (n = 16) | Low back pain | Medium |
Côté et al. 2009 [37] | North America | Qualitative | PT (n = 16) | Low back pain | High |
Harting et al. 2009 [38] | Europe | Qualitative | PT (n = 30) | Low back pain | High |
Rutten et al. 2009 [39] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 232) | Low back pain | Medium |
Fullen et al. 2011 [40] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 432) | Low back pain | High |
Kooijman et al. 2011 [41] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 121) | Lower limb | Low |
Poitras et al. 2011 [42] | North America | Qualitative | OT (n = 9) | Low back pain | High |
Bussières et al. 2012 [4] | North America | Qualitative | DC (n = 21) | Low back pain | High |
Jeffrey et al. 2012 [43] | North America | Qualitative | PT (n = 11) | Low back pain | Low |
Pincus et al. 2012 [44] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | Mixed providers (n = 465) | Low back pain | Medium |
Poitras et al. 2012 [45] | North America | Qualitative | Mixed providers (n = 32) | Low back pain | High |
Simmonds et al. 2012 [46] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 100) | Low back pain | Medium |
Matzon et al. 2013 [47] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 187) | Low back pain | Low |
Hendrick et al. 2013 [48] | NZ-Australia | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 170) | Low back pain | Low |
Rebbeck et al. 2013 [49] | NZ-Australia | Quantitative (cohort) | Mixed providers (n = 80) | Whiplash | High |
Corkery et al. 2014 [50] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 291) | Whiplash | Low |
Gremeaux et al. 2014 [51] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 47) | Low back pain | Medium |
Learman et al. 2014 [52] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 1144) | Low back pain | Medium |
Bishop et al. 2015 [53] | Europe | Qualitative | Mixed providers (n = 53) | Low back pain | Medium |
Bernhardsson et al. 2015 [54] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 271) | Mixed MSDs | Low |
Clement et al. 2015 [55] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | Mixed providers (n = 456) | Neck pain | Low |
Maas et al. 2015 [56] | Europe | Mixed method | PT (n = 44) | Low back pain | Low |
Ladeira et al. 2015 [57] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 327) | Low back pain | Medium |
Brijnath et al. 2016 [58] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 423) | Whiplash | Medium |
Derghazarian et al. 2016 [59] | North America | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 108) | Low back pain | High |
Epstein-Sher et al. 2017 [60] | Israel | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | MD (n = 86) | Low back pain | Low |
Figg-Latham et al. 2017 [61] | Europe | Qualitative | DO (n = 12) | Low back pain | High |
Suman et al. 2017 [62] | Europe | Mixed method | Mixed providers (n = 96) | Low back pain | Low |
Stilwell et al. 2017 [63] | North America | Qualitative | Dc (n = 13) | Low back pain | High |
Cowell et al. 2018 [64] | Europe | Qualitative | PT (n = 10) | Low back pain | Medium |
Selby et al. 2018 [65] | Europe | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | GP (n = 167) | Low back pain | High |
Akindele et al. 2019 [66] | Africa | Quantitative (cross-sectional) | PT (n = 189) | Low back pain | High |