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Some low back pain improvement with physiotherapist-directed exercise combined with advice

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August 2013

Some low back pain improvement with physiotherapist-directed exercise combined with advice

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:188| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Physiotherapist-Directed Exercise, Advice, or Both for Subacute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 5;146(11):787-96

Contributing Authors:
LH Pengel KM Refshauge CG Maher MK Nicholas RD Herbert P McNair

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259 patients with subacute low back pain were randomized to one of four groups in order to examine the effects of treatment on the outcomes of pain, function, and global perceived effect. The four groups were: exercise and advice, sham exercise and advice, exercise and sham advice, or sham exercise and sham advice. Results indicated that physiotherapist-prescribed exercise and advice combined had ...

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