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Recent Study Compares Conventional Physical Therapy and Intensive Exercises
Author: Richard H. Adler All physical therapists, when treating low back injuries, recommend some form of back exercises or therapy. A recent study published in Spine1 studied two different types of physical therapy modalities. In a randomized, observer-blind trial, 150 men and women, aged 21 - 64 years, with chronic and sub-chronic low back pain, followed one of three treatment regimes:
The authors evaluated the changes in pain levels and assessment of overall treatment effect, indicated on visual interval scales. The results were interesting:
Very truly yours, ADLER GIERSCH, P.S. Richard H. Adler Attorney at Law 1 Rolsted Hansen, M.D., et al., "Intensive, Dynamic Back-Muscle Exercises, Conventional Physiotherapy, or Placebo-Control Treatment of Low-Back Pain," Spine, May 1993, pp. 98 - 108. |
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