1st DEPENDENT VARIABLES
Pain (analogue scale), other types of measurements (X-rays, goniometry, algometry, Doppler, MRI, etc).
Number of treatments.
Types of techniques.
2nd INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
These are the characteristics of the patient.
Presence of lesion: category variable (Present/Absent).
DATA COLLECTION TABLE
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Independent variables ( or which condition the result)
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Name of variable
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Abbreviation
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Type of variable
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Measuring instrument
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Values which can be taken
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When to obtain
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(up to 8 characters)
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Numerical, ordinal qualitative, not ordinal qualitative
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(Indicate if manual exam, apparatus, questionnaire...)
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In qualitatives,
give code here
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Examples
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Age
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Age
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Numerical
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Anamnesis
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0-120
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First visit
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Sex
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Sex
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Not ordinal qualitative
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Anamnesis
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1= man
2= woman
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First visit
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Intensity initial lumbar pain
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Lum_Pai1
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Numerical
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Visual analogue scale
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0 – 10
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First visit (pre-treatment)
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Intensity post-treatment lumbar pain
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Lum_Paip
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Numerical
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Visual analogue scale
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0 – 10
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First visit
(post-treatment)
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Mitchell test right
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Mitch_r
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Qualitative
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Manual exam.
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0= normal
1=block arm >
2=block arm <
3=block both
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First visit
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Dependent variables ( or result )
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Name of variables
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Abbreviation
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Type of variable
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Measuring instrument
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Values which can be taken
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When to obtain
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(up to 8 characters)
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Numerical, ordinal qualitative, not ordinal qualitative
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(Indicate if manual exam, apparatus, questionnaire..)
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In qualitative, give code here
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Examples
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Intensity post-treatment lumbar pain
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Lum_paip
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Numerical
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Visual analogue scale
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0 – 10
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First visit
(post-treatment)
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Lasègue Test post-treatment
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Las_pos
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Ordinal qualitative
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Manual exam.
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0= negative
1= positive
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Visit 3 weeks
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