@article{21376,
  author = {Marques A. and Ferreira P. and Gomes J. and Kamper S. and Kingma M. and Maher C. and Ferreira Manuela},
  title = {The association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people seeking care for acute low back pain},
  abstract = {<p>
PURPOSE: To investigate the association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people with acute non-specific low back pain (LBP). METHODS: The sample included a total of 999 patients who presented to primary care with an acute episode of low back pain. Symptom severity, in terms of activity limitation and severity of pain; and physical activity participation before (habitual) and after pain onset were assessed using self-report questionnaires. All participants were interviewed within 14 days of pain onset. RESULTS: At interview most of the participants (87.5 %) reported having moderate to extreme activity limitation due to back pain. There was a significant decrease in physical activity participation after pain onset (mean difference: -176 min, 95 % CI 327-400; p &lt; 0.0001) but no association between habitual or change in physical activity participation and symptom severity was observed (p &gt; 0.21). CONCLUSION: Pain onset causes a significant and immediate decrease in physical activity participation, but this change does not seem to be associated with symptom severity.
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},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {European Spine Journal},
  volume = {24},
  number = {3},
  pages = {452-7},
  isbn = {1432-0932 (Electronic)<br/>0940-6719 (Linking)},
  note = {Gomes, Juliana Leme<br/>Kingma, M<br/>Kamper, S J<br/>Maher, C G<br/>Ferreira, P H<br/>Marques, A P<br/>Ferreira, M L<br/>Eur Spine J. 2015 Jan 18.},
  language = {Eng},
}