Effectiveness of Multimodal Chiropractic Care Featuring Spinal Manipulation for Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Following Lumbar Spine Surgery: Retrospective Chart Review of 31 Adults in Hong Kong

02 August 2022: Database Analysis

Eric Chun-Pu Chu ^1ABCDEF , Robert J. Trager ^2ACDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937640

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937640

Table 3 Multiple linear regression with reduction in raw Oswestry disability index score as the dependent variable.

Variables	B	SD	β	t	P value
(Constant)	3.45	1.71	0.00	2.01	0.055
Age	−0.03	0.02	−0.06	−1.53	0.141
Sex	−0.93	0.59	−0.06	−1.56	0.132
Surgery type	−0.87	0.58	−0.07	−1.51	0.144
Symptom duration	−0.06	0.08	−0.04	−0.72	0.476
Baseline pain	−0.58	0.55	−0.15	−1.06	0.301
Baseline ODI raw score	1.09	0.13	1.12	8.38	0.000^*
Number of visits	0.00	0.05	−0.01	−0.10	0.923
Model summary R=0.98; adjusted R=0.96, standard error of the estimate=1.55. ^* Statistically significant with ODI – Oswestry disability index; SD – standard deviation.