[Purpose] We report a case of nonspecific low back pain treated using the STarT back screening tool and the O’Sullivan Classification System. [Subject] A 30-year-old woman with back pain in the sittingposition and in the middle waist position. The motion test showed motion was likely to be lumbar dominant, and L5 / S1 showed hypermobility and pain. [Method] Classification was performed using stratified care. After that, interventions including motion guidance, lumbar stabilization exercise, and stretching were implemented. [Results] Pain on the Visual Analog Scale improved from 35/100 to 10/100 and the score of the Roland-Morris-Disability Questionnaire reduced to 2/24 from 9/24. [Conclusion] Stratified care, which combines two kinds of methods, was able to perform specific interventions based on symptoms, and was shown to be useful.
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