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McKenzie method vs. motor control exercises for chronic LBP with a directional preference

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March 2017

McKenzie method vs. motor control exercises for chronic LBP with a directional preference

Vol: 6| Issue: 3| Number:7| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the McKenzie Method to Motor Control Exercises in People With Chronic Low Back Pain and a Directional Preference

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Jul;46(7):514-22

Contributing Authors:
MH Halliday E Pappas MJ Hancock HA Clare RZ Pinto G Robertson PH Ferreira

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70 patients with low back pain and a directional preference observed during a mechanical assessment were randomized to treatment using the McKenzie method or motor control exercises. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects that these two treatments had on the recruitment of the transversus abdominis, obliquus internus, and obliquus externus muscles, as well as their effects on pain in...

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