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Testgütekriterien manualmedizinischer Tests bei Low-back-pain-Patienten

Eine Literaturrecherche

Quality factors of manual investigation tests in patients with low back pain

A review of literature

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Zusammenfassung

Hintergrund

In Zeiten steigender Kosten ist es wichtig, die eigene Arbeit qualitativ hochwertig und nach aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen auszuführen (evidenzbasierter Medizin). Der Augenmerk dieser Literaturrecherche liegt auf der Reliabilität manualmedizinischer Untersuchungen bei akutem Schmerz der Lendenwirbelsäule („low back pain“).

Datenquellen

Als Suchzeitraum wurden die Jahre 1992–2004 festgelegt. Zur Literatursuche mit standardisiertem Fließschema wurden folgende Datenbanken herangezogen: MEDLINE, Web of Science, SPOLIT, PEDRo und die Cochrane Library. Des Weiteren wurden relevante Zeitschriften durchsucht.

Datenauswertung

Neun Literaturstellen wurden gefunden, die sich vollständig oder in Teilaspekten mit der Reliabilität manualmedizinischer Untersuchungen beschäftigen. Keine dieser Arbeiten ist auf dem höchsten Evidenzlevel angesiedelt. Es gibt wenige Studien, deren methodisch gutes Vorgehen zu hohen Reliabilitätswerten einzelner Tests oder Testsystemen geführt haben. Wie in früheren Studien vermutet wurde, konnten auch wir tendenziell höhere Reliabilitäten für die Schmerzprovokationstests als für Mobilitäts- oder Funktionstests feststellen. Drei Literaturübersichten wurden gefunden, die alle ein divergierendes Abschneiden der Tests feststellen und den weiteren Forschungsbedarf betonen.

Schlussfolgerung

Auch unsere Überprüfung zeigt, dass der Forschungsbedarf in der Manuellen Medizin hinsichtlich der Untersuchungstechniken beim unteren Rückenschmerz noch nicht gedeckt ist. Die Recherche lässt keinen klaren Schluss auf die Evidenz einzelner Untersuchungen zu. Aus unserer Sicht bedarf es einer weiteren Grundlagenforschung auf dem Gebiet der Testgütekriterien zur Thematik der manualmedizinischen Untersuchungen bei Low-back-pain-Patienten.

Abstract

Objective

In times of rising costs it is important to carry out your own work excellently and according to the present scientific level of knowledge (evidenced-based medicine). This review directs its attention to the reliability of medical examinations concerning acute pain of the lower back.

Data sources

The search was limited to the years 1992–2004. Adhering to a standardized flow scheme, the following data banks were searched: MEDLINE, Web of Science, SPOLIT, PEDRo, and the Cochrane Library. Furthermore relevant journals were called up.

Data synthesis

There were nine citations that were exclusively or at least partly concerned with the reliability of medical examination of low back pain. With regard to the level of evidence not one of these works is outstanding. There are a few studies that have led to high values of reliability of different tests or test systems because of their excellent methodological procedure. As had already been assumed in earlier studies, we also noted a tendency to higher reliabilities for the pain-provoking tests than for motion or functional tests. Three reviews were found that all stated divergent results from the tests and emphasized further research work.

Conclusion

Our review also draws the conclusion that research is still required with regard to the examination of low back pain. The investigation does not give a plain answer on the evidence of various examinations. In our opinion, further basic research on the subject of quality factors concerning the topic of manual diagnosis for low back pain is needed.

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Conradi, S., Smolenski, U.C. Testgütekriterien manualmedizinischer Tests bei Low-back-pain-Patienten. Manuelle Medizin 43, 227–234 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00337-005-0368-2

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