Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1542-1549 , August 2008

Classifying Subgroups of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Based on Lifting Patterns

Presented to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August 28–September 3, 2006, New York, NY; and at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, August 26–28, 2007, Madison, WI.

  • Jill C. Slaboda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jill C. Slaboda, PhD, Temple University, 40 Pearson Hall, 1800 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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  • J. Robert Boston, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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  • Thomas E. Rudy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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  • Susan J. Lieber, MS, OTR/L

      Affiliations

    • Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Image Result

    Diagrams of the CLBP hidden Markov model (HMM) and control hidden Markov model.

    Diagrams of the CLBP hidden Markov model (HMM) and control hidden Markov model.

 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant nos. 1R01 AR38698, 1R01 AG18299) and the University of Pittsburgh (Provost Development Fund).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00351-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1542-1549 , August 2008