Factors predicting the transition from acute to persistent pain in people with ‘sciatica’: the forecast longitudinal prognostic factor cohort study protocol

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• who: Annina B Schmid u200d et al. from the Study procedure After a preliminary eligibility screen on the phone (figure, ), patients will attend a baseline appointment with a clinically trained investigator (eg, physiotherapist) at the local University DepartmentDuring the baseline appointment, the diagnosis of sciatica will be confirmed, and the prognostic variables will be assessed through a detailed set of clinical phenotyping as described below. Some patients will also undergo an MRI scan of their lumbar spine. We will then follow-u00ad up patients over , year with monthly pain diaries (online supplemental appendix, ) and outcome will be . . .
  

   

  

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