Development of a Yellow Flag Assessment Tool for Orthopaedic Physical Therapists: Results From the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) Cohort

Lentz, Trevor A.; Beneciuk, Jason M.; Bialosky, Joel E.; Zeppieri, Giorgio; Dai, Yunfeng; Wu, Samuel S.; George, Steven Z.

doi:10.2519/jospt.2016.6487

Development of a Yellow Flag Assessment Tool for Orthopaedic Physical Therapists: Results From the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) Cohort

Study Design Clinical measurement, cross-sectional. Background Pain-associated psychological distress adversely influences outcomes for patients with musculoskeletal pain. However, assessment of pain-associated psychological distress (ie, yellow flags) is not routinely performed in orthopaedic ph…