STarT Back Screening Tool

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Objective

The Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a brief validated tool, designed to screen primary care patients with low back pain for prognostic indicators that are relevant to initial decision making (Keele University n. d.).

Intended Population

Primary care patients with low back pain (Keele University n. d.).

Links

Keele STarT Back Screening Tool website: http://www.keele.ac.uk/sbst/

Related Research

• Hill, J. C., Dunn, K. M., Lewis, M., Mullis, R., Main, C. J., Foster, N. E. and Hay, E. M. (2008) 'A primary care back pain screening tool: identifying patient subgroups for initial treatment' Arthritis Care & Research [online] 59, (5) 632-641. availalbe from <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.23563/full> [23 July 2013]
• Hill, J. C., Dunn, K. M., Main, C. J. and Hay, E. M. (2012) 'Subgrouping low back pain: a comparison of the STarT Back Tool with the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire' European Journal of Pain [online] 14, (1) 83-89. Availalbe from <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.01.003/abstract> [23 July 2013]
• Hay, E. M., Dunn, K. M., Hill, J. C., Lewis, M., Mason, E. E., Konstantinou, K., Sowden, G., Somerville, S., Vohora, K., Whitehurst, D. and Main, C. J. (2008) 'A randomised clinical trial of subgrouping and targeted treatment for low back pain compared with best current care. The STarT Back Trial Study Prorocol' BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders [online] 9 58-66. Availalbe from <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.01.003/abstract> [23 July 2013]

References

Keele University (n. d.) STarT Back Screening Tool Website [online] available from <http://www.keele.ac.uk/sbst/> [23 July 2013]