scholarly journals Assessment of a combined manual therapy and taping method for the treatment of chronic lower back pain A randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Schmidt ◽  
Nicolas Keim ◽  
Claudia Schultz ◽  
Dieter Sielmann ◽  
Roman Huber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Pelvic Obliquity ◽  
Chronic Lower Back Pain ◽  
Manual Treatment ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
End Of Treatment

AbstractBackgroundChronic lower back pain is the most frequent medical problem and the condition with the most years lived with disability. A pragmatic RCT was performed to assess a new treatment, Medi-Taping, which aims at reducing complaints by treating pelvic obliquity with a combination of manual treatment of trigger points and kinesio taping.Methods110 patients were randomized at two study centers either to Medi-Taping or to a standard treatment consisting of psychoeducation and physiotherapy as control. Treatment duration was three weeks. Measures were taken at baseline, end of treatment and at follow-up after two months. Main outcome criteria were lower back pain measured with VAS, the Chronic Pain Grade Scale and the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire.ResultsPatients of both groups benefited from the treatment by medium to large effect sizes. All effects were pointing towards the intended direction with patients receiving Medi-Taping doing better. But at end of treatment and follow-up there were no significant differences for the primary endpoints between groups. Health related quality of life was significantly higher (p=.004) in patients receiving Medi-Taping compared to controls.ConclusionsMedi-Taping, a purported way of correcting pelvic obliquity and chronic tension resulting from it, is a treatment modality similar in effectiveness as a complex physiotherapy and patient education program.SignificanceThis RCT evaluated the effect of a combined therapy consisting of manual treatment and kinesio tape in patients with lower back pain. Patients receiving this treatment benefitted substantially but so did patients in the active control condition receiving physiotherapy and patient education. However, patients receiving the combined treatment had a significant higher quality of life.

scholarly journals Predictors of dysfunction and health-related quality of life in the flexion pattern subgroup of patients with chronic lower back pain

Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (29) ◽  
pp. e11363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-hoon Jung ◽  
Oh-yun Kwon ◽  
Chung-Hwi Yi ◽  
Sang-hyun Cho ◽  
Hye-Seon Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Lower Back Pain ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Therapeutic Effectiveness of AxioBionics Wearable Therapy Pain Management System in Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117954412199377
Author(s):  
Philip Muccio ◽  
Josh Schueller ◽  
Miriam van Emde Boas ◽  
Norm Howe ◽  
Edward Dabrowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Lower Back Pain ◽  
Analog Scale ◽  
System A ◽  
System Reduction ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Muscular Function

Chronic lower back pain is one of the most common medical conditions leading to a significant decrease in quality of life. This study retrospectively analyzed whether the AxioBionics Wearable Therapy Pain Management (WTPM) System, a customized and wearable electrical stimulation device, alleviated chronic lower back pain, and improved muscular function. This study assessed self-reported pain levels using the visual analog scale before and during the use of the AxioBionics WTPM System when performing normal activities such as sitting, standing, and walking (n = 69). Results showed that both at-rest and activity-related pain were significantly reduced during treatment with the AxioBionics WTPM System (% reduction in pain: 64% and 60%, respectively; P < .05). Thus, this study suggests that the AxioBionics WTPM System is efficacious in treating chronic lower back pain even when other therapies have failed to sufficiently decrease reported pain levels.

scholarly journals Oxygen-ozone therapy: our experience in the treatment of hard-root conflicts

Ozone Therapy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Maria Laura Rosato ◽  
Marco Mainini ◽  
Margherita Luongo ◽  
Luigi Mascolo ◽  
Silvana Mattera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Significant Extent ◽  
Ozone Therapy ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Herniated Discs

Lower back pain and sciatica are clinical symptoms with debilitating effects on the quality of life; they are extremely common in the population. The treatment of patients affected by sciatica, and in particular of those incurred by herniated discs, may be medical, physiatric, percutaneous minimally invasive surgery. In recent years, for the treatment of disc-radicular conflicts the Oxygen-Ozone (O<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>3</sub>) therapy is spreading to a more and more significant extent. We report our experience with O<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> therapy in the treatment of herniated lumbar discs, evaluating the efficacy of the therapy in lower back pain and sciatica. We treated 32 patients with paravertebral intramuscular infiltrations of about 15 cc of the mixture of O<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> at a concentration of 30 µg/cc: 66.6 % of the patients had a positive response to the treatment.

scholarly journals Association of Mechanical Low Back Pain and Quality of Life in Security Guards

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-156
Author(s):  
Mansi Manoj Muly ◽  
Hally Shah ◽  
Asmaa Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
World Health ◽  
Musculoskeletal Discomfort ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Security Guards ◽  
Lower Back

Musculoskeletal Pain affects the bones & soft tissue musculatures. It can be acute or chronic. It can be localized or widespread. Lower back pain (LBP) is the most common type of musculoskeletal pain. It is one of the causes of absenteeism of employees from their work and significantly affecting their quality of life (QoL). Security guards usually involves standing for long duration. Therefore LBP is quite common in them. Changes in posture or poor body mechanics may bring about spine related problems, therefore causing other muscles to be misused and become painful. Very few literatures are available worldwide on prevalence of mechanical LBP & its relation to the QoL in standing workers. Therefore, the aim is to find out the correlation of mechanical LBP and QoL in security guards. Cross sectional study design was chosen for the research. From ninety security guards (male & female, aged 30-50 years) were screened on Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ). Thirty-one security guards were selected after screening, those who met the inclusion criteria (1.5 and above on CMDQ for lower back), informed consent was taken and further assessed on Oswestry LBP Disability Questionnaire (OLBPDQ) and World Health Organization QoL-BREF (WHO-QoL-BREF). In the study, moderately negative correlation was found between the OLBPDQ score & all QoL domains (-0.3, -0.1, -0.5, -0.2), which showed a significant lower QoL domains with severe LBP. Key words: Mechanical Lower back pain, Standing workers, Quality of life.

scholarly journals Approach to: Lower back pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Moisan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Significant Burden

Between 50 and 80% of adults will experience lower back pain during their life(1). This condition is responsible for a significant portion of emergency room and primary care consultations and it creates a significant burden on the healthcare services and costs. Even if lower back pain causes a significant impact on the quality of life of the patients most causes are benign. This article presents a systematic approach to identifying the cause of lower back pain, summarizes the indications for further workup and presents current evidence for the management of this condition.

Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain: Study Protocol of a Comparative Effectiveness Study on Yoga, Eurythmy Therapy, and Physiotherapeutic Exercises

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arndt Büssing ◽  
Désirée Poier ◽  
Thomas Ostermann ◽  
Matthias Kröz ◽  
Andreas Michalsen
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Chronic Lower Back Pain ◽  
Disability Score ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Visual Analog Scales ◽  
Lower Back

Background: We aim to compare the effectiveness of 3 active interventions, i.e., yoga, eurythmy therapy, and physiotherapeutic exercise, on chronic lower back pain. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial over 16 weeks (8 weeks of intervention, 8 weeks of follow-up), data of individuals with chronic lower back pain will be analyzed. Interventions are implemented as group sessions (75 min) once per week. Participants receive a manual for home-based practice and are assessed before and at the end of the 8-week intervention period, and at the end of an 8-week follow-up period. Standardized questionnaires are: the Roland-Morris Disability Score, visual analog scales measuring intensity of pain, the Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Inner Correspondence with the Practices questionnaire, the Freiburg Mindfulness Questionnaire, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, a self-regulation questionnaire, the Internal Coherence Scale, a pain diary (registering the need of analgesic medication), and a questionnaire on the patients' expectation that the interventions will be effective in reducing pain and how strong this reduction might be (2 single items), etc. Discussion: This large multicenter study will provide evidence on the effectiveness of 3 contrasting movement-orientated treatments that share some similarities but differ in essential details: yoga, eurythmy therapy, and physiotherapeutic exercises. It will provide important data on non-pharmacological options to treat lower back pain in a large group of affected individuals.

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