Table 2

A description of patients with LBP who, after 1 month of treatment, fit this management strategy: "I would tell the patient that the treatment is completed but that he is welcome to make a new appointment if the problem returns".

General definition of symptoms/findings given as reasons
Total number of replies
Examples

Absence of symptoms and patient satisfaction
5
No symptoms
Patient satisfied

Clinical findings negative
4
Mechanically improved spine
Neurological/orthopaedic tests normal
Objective findings negative
Clinical findings negative

Malmqvist and Leboeuf-Yde Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2009 17:7   doi:10.1186/1746-1340-17-7