ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2017
Spinal mobilization vs conventional physiotherapy in the management of chronic low back pain due to spinal disk degeneration: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Application of variance ratios to assess heterogeneity of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A meta-epidemiological study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Management of low back pain and lumbosacral radicular syndrome: the Guideline of the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF).European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Guideline
- Manual Therapy Effect in Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Sham treatment effects in manual therapy trials on back pain patients: a systematic review and pairwise meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Benefits and harms of spinal manipulative therapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Pooled it
- Clinical relevance of combined treatment with exercise in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
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- Waste not, want not: call to action for spinal manipulative therapy researchers.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2024Article
- Effects of the Addition of Hands-on Procedures to McKenzie Exercises on Pain, Functional Disability and Back Mobility in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomised Clinical Trial.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2023Article
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- Effects of Complex Rehabilitation Program on Reducing Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Disc Protrusion-Is Early Intervention the Best Recommendation?Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- TNFAIP3 alleviates pain in lumbar disc herniation rats by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Interventions for the Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: Revision 2021.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Gait Kinetic and Kinematic Changes in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients and the Effect of Manual Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- NLR value and IL-18 level and their clinical significance in patients with deep vein thrombosis after receiving the surgery for spinal degeneration.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on effect of spinal mobilization and manipulation on cardiovascular responses.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2020Article
- Effects of swimming on pain and inflammatory factors in rats with lumbar disc herniation.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- Effect of lumbar stabilization exercise on disc herniation index, sacral angle, and functional improvement in patients with lumbar disc herniation.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of spinal mobilization in subjects with low back pain (LBP) and associated spinal disk degeneration.
methodsSeventy-five subjects suffering from chronic LBP (>3 months) were randomly allocated into 3 groups of 25 subjects each. Each group received five treatment sessions with the first group receiving manual therapy (MT) (spinal mobilization), the second a sham treatment, and the third conventional physiotherapy (CP) (stretching exercises, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and massage). Subjects were assessed for their pain intensity using the numerical pain rating scale and for their self-reported disability using the Oswestry and Roland-Morris Questionnaire at baseline and after the completion of the five treatment sessions.
resultsPaired DISCUSSION: MT is preferable to CP in order to reduce the pain intensity and disability in subjects with chronic LBP and associated disk degeneration. The findings of this study may lead to the establishment of spinal mobilization as one of the most preferable approaches for the management of LBP due to disk degeneration. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 1b.
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