Manual therapy and active exercises improve disability in patients with CNLBP .
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Manual therapy followed by specific active exercises versus a placebo followed by specific active exercises on the improvement of functional disability in patients with chronic non specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial
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.
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