Abstract
The purpose of this narrative review is to provide a critical reflection of how analytical machine learning approaches could provide the platform to harness variability of patient presentation to enhance clinical prediction. The review includes a summary of current knowledge on the physiological adaptations present in people with spinal pain. We discuss how contemporary evidence highlights the importance of not relying on single features when characterizing patients given the variability of physiological adaptations present in people with spinal pain. The advantages and disadvantages of current analytical strategies in contemporary basic science and epidemiological research are reviewed and we consider how analytical machine learning approaches could provide the platform to harness the variability of patient presentations to enhance clinical prediction of pain persistence or recurrence. We propose that machine learning techniques can be leveraged to translate a potentially heterogeneous set of variables into clinically useful information with the potential to enhance patient management.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102599 |
Journal | Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology |
Volume | 61 |
Early online date | 17 Sept 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Keywords
- Classification
- Low back pain
- Machine learning
- Modelling
- Neck pain
- Prediction