Manual therapy and active exercises improve disability in patients with CNLBP .
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OE Journal. 2013;1(6):91 BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Aug 28;13:162. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-162.42 chronic non-specific low back pain patients without co-morbidities were randomized to receive spinal manipulation plus active exercises or detuned ultrasound plus active exercises. The results of the study indicate that manual therapy alone produced a slightly greater immediate analgesic effect, but the combination of manual therapy and active exercises resulted in reduced disability and a trend towards lower back pain.
Was the allocation sequence adequately generated?
Was allocation adequately concealed?
Blinding Treatment Providers: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Blinding Outcome Assessors: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Blinding Patients: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Was loss to follow-up (missing outcome data) infrequent?
Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting?
Were outcomes objective, patient-important and assessed in a manner to limit bias (ie. duplicate assessors, Independent assessors)?
Was the sample size sufficiently large to assure a balance of prognosis and sufficiently large number of outcome events?
Was investigator expertise/experience with both treatment and control techniques likely the same (ie.were criteria for surgeon participation/expertise provided)?
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Incerto = 0,5
Non rilevante = 0
No = 0
La valutazione dei criteri di segnalazione valuta la trasparenza con cui gli autori riportano le caratteristiche metodologiche e sperimentali dello studio all'interno della pubblicazione. La valutazione è suddivisa in cinque categorie che vengono presentate di seguito.
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Randomization
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Therapy Description
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Statistics
Detsky AS, Naylor CD, O'Rourke K, McGeer AJ, L'Abbé KA. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45:255-65
L'Indice di Fragilità è uno strumento che aiuta l'interpretazione dei risultati significativi, fornendo una misura della forza di un risultato. L'Indice di Fragilità rappresenta il numero di eventi consecutivi che devono essere aggiunti a un risultato dicotomico per rendere il risultato non più significativo. Un numero piccolo rappresenta un risultato più debole, mentre un numero grande rappresenta un risultato più forte.
Perché questo studio era necessario ora?
For approximately 10% of nonspecific low back pain sufferers, pain and disability may be experienced for a longer period of time. Unfortunately, treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain can be complicated, expensive, and inconsistently effective. This study aimed to determine whether manual therapy produces an analgesic effect and whether manual therapy followed by active exercises improves functional disability when compared to sham therapy followed by active exercises.
Qual era la domanda di ricerca principale?
Does manual therapy followed by active exercises improve the functional disability of patients with chronic non-specific low back pain when compared to sham therapy followed by active exercises, 6 months after treatment?
- Immediately after manual therapy or sham therapy, the patients who received manual therapy experienced a significant reduction in mean pain level when compared to the patients that received sham therapy (Mean difference: -0.76 VAS; 95% CI: -1.22 to -0.30).
- The patients that completed manual therapy followed by active exercises displayed a trend towards a significant reduction in pain when compared to the patients that completed sham therapy followed by active exercises (Mean difference: -1.24; 95% CI: -2.73 to -0.30; p=0.032).
- Disability was found to be significantly less among the patients that underwent manual therapy and active exercise when compared to the patients that underwent sham therapy and active exercise (Mean difference: -7.14; 95% CI:-12.8 to -1.52; p=0.013).
- At the immediate and 3 month follow-ups, there was no significant difference in mean Shirado score (erector spine and abdominal muscles endurance) between the two treatment groups (p=0.352 and p=0.246, respectively), but at the 6 month follow-up, the Shirado score was significantly lower among the patients that underwent manual therapy than the patients that underwent the sham therapy (p=0.031).
- There were no significant differences in Sorensen scores or Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire scores between the treatment groups.
Che cosa devo ricordare di più?
The data suggests that manual therapy provides immediate analgesic effects. The combination of manual therapy and active exercises improved disability and displayed a trend towards significantly reducing pain. The combination of sham therapy and active exercises significantly improved mean Shirado scores.
Come influenzerà l'assistenza ai miei pazienti?
The study suggests that manual therapy may provide immediate analgesic effects and the combination of manual therapy and active exercises may significantly improve disability and display a trend towards significantly improving pain. Further research using larger sample sizes are required to detect significant differences in study outcomes.
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