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 2 Multiple linear regression with reduction in numeric pain rating scale score as the dependent variable.

Variables	B	SD	β	t	P value
(Constant)	2.39	0.84	0.00	2.85	0.009
Age	−0.03	0.01	−0.20	−2.73	0.012
Sex	−0.33	0.29	−0.08	−1.13	0.271
Surgery type	−0.31	0.28	−0.09	−1.12	0.275
Symptom duration	−0.15	0.04	−0.34	−3.71	0.001
Baseline pain	0.71	0.27	0.67	2.63	0.015
Baseline ODI raw score	0.05	0.06	0.21	0.86	0.399
Number of visits	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.996
Model summary: R=0.89; adjusted R=0.85, standard error of the estimate=0.76. ODI – Oswestry disability index; SD – standard deviation.