This study shows that physiotherapists may have underdeveloped skills when it comes to performing risk stratification and identifying psychological factors related to chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Although this was a single-center study involving only 49 patients with CLBP, risk allocation was done correctly only in less than half the patients.

Additionally, correlations between therapist perceptions and patient-filled questionnaires regarding distress, depression, anxiety and kinesiophobia went from moderate to nonexistent.