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ArticleJournal of chiropractic medicine2015

Manual Therapy by General Medical Practitioners for Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care: The ManRück Study Protocol of a Clinical Trial.

Guido Schmiemann, Lena Blase, Christoph Seeber, Stefanie Joos, Jost Steinhäuser, Stefanie Ernst, Anika Großhennig, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Heidrun Lingner

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Article in Journal of chiropractic medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Guido SchmiemannGroup Leader, Department for Health Services Research, Institute for Public Health and Nursing Science, Bremen University, Germany.
Lena BlaseMedical Student, Centre for Public Healthcare, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Christoph SeeberGeneral Practitioner, Practice Dr. Seeber, Leer, Germany.
Stefanie JoosProfessor, Deputy Head of Department, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ; Head, Department of General Practice, Tübingen, Germany.
Jost SteinhäuserProfessor, Researcher, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ; Professor, Head of Department of General Practice, Lübeck, Germany.
Stefanie ErnstBiometrician, Institute of Biostatistics, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Anika GroßhennigGroup leader, Institute of Biostatistics, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Eva Hummers-PradierProfessor, Director, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Goettingen, Germany.
Heidrun LingnerGroup Leader, Centre for Public Healthcare, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity of Bremen · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNonspecific low back pain (LBP) is a common reason for accessing primary care. Manual therapy (MT) may be an effective treatment, but data from clinical studies including relevant subgroups and clinical settings are sparse. The objective of this article is to describe the protocol of a study that will measure whether an MT protocol provided by general medical practitioners will lead to a faster pain reduction in patients with nonspecific LBP than does standard medical care. METHODS/

designThe study is an experimental pre-/postintervention design. The intervention consists of add-on MT treatment by general medical practitioners who have received MT training but are otherwise inexperienced in mobilization techniques. Participating general medical practitioners (n = 10) will consecutively recruit and treat patients before and after their training, serving as their own internal controls. The primary end point is a combined outcome assessing change in pain score over days 0 to 3 and time until pain is reduced by 2 points on an 11-point numeric pain scale and painkiller use is stopped. Secondary outcomes are patients' functional capacities assessed using a questionnaire, amount of sick leave taken, patient satisfaction, and referrals for further treatment.

trial registrationGerman clinical trials register: DRKS-ID DRKS00003240.

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General practiceLow back painManual therapy

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PMID26693216
PMCPMC4371111
OpenAlexW1995518315

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