[PDF] Top 20 Effectiveness of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) for chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... present, Chinese massage therapy is widely accepted as a complementary and alternative medicine modality ...dependence, pain syndromes, and immune and autoimmune conditions [28-31]. ... See full document

... a randomized controlled trial for 320 predominantly low-income minority adults with chronic low back pain, comparing yoga, physical therapy, and ... See full document

... The primary hypothesis is that 12 weeks of yoga will be more effective than education for improving pain and function. For both outcomes, we will determine if yoga is superior to education based on a longitudinal ... See full document

... physical therapy and associated costs, there is surprisingly little information on the effectiveness of physical therapy as an early man- agement strategy for patients with low back ... See full document

... on a limitation in the range of physical functions, includ- ing standing, walking, lifting, sitting, lying down, dress- ing, and personal care [18]. We excluded questions about sexual activities because many subjects do ... See full document

... of pain level, and functional disability once using neural mobi- lization and referred this to the alteration of mechanical properties of peripheral nerves and the direct effect of this alteration on nerve ...to ... See full document

... as pain managing nurses and physicians, are to remain blinded to the treatment or control intervention for at least 6 ...interventional pain specialist takes care that the patient does not see the injected ... See full document

... cise therapy remains uncertain [1]. Although several supervised randomized controlled trials (RCT) focusing on different approaches for managing the CLBP using movement therapy have been ... See full document

... This trial was conceived to reduce the lack of evidence and quality for LBP ...regulations. Trial results will be used to inform HTA procedure already involving SMATH ® therapy for health care ... See full document

... that chronic pain affects about 100 million ...[1]. Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is cited as the most prevalent type of chronic pain [1] and rates continue to rise ... See full document

... the study at any ...the study but are taking medica- tion, the investigator will determine the day of screening according to the participant’s medication to give a wash- out ... See full document

... the massage therapist and regularly audit treat- ment visit forms to ensure that participants being treated by massage therapists receive the treatment to which they were assigned and that the ... See full document

... the study could reduce other bias compared to previous studies ...on pain, back disability, and quality of ...our trial. The total number of subjects involved in the study is not large ... See full document

... the effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of LBP, but review conclusions are sometimes contradict- ory and often limited by the number and quality of the included studies ... See full document

... the effectiveness of two exercise programs with different approaches within BMR on the effects of BMR a prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) in two rehabilitation centres will be ... See full document

... in pain and function compared with usual care (medical visits, physical therapy, and oral ...neither study demonstrated a statistically significant dif- ference between real and sham ...the ... See full document

... for chronic LBP is for the patient to return to their desired level of activities and participation, as well as the prevention of chronic com- plaints and recurrences ...in randomized ... See full document

... Back pain patients are often dissatisfied with conventional medical care [6], especially in comparison to care pro- vided by non-MD's including CAM practitioners ...[7-10]. Back pain is the ... See full document

... Patients completed the EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D) [20] at baseline, and at the 6, 8, 12 and 24-week follow- ups. EQ-5D is a generic questionnaire that measures the quality of life regarding personal health. It consists ... See full document

... getting back to sleep, restless superficial sleep and early rising, the consequences of which are nonrestorative sleep and a sensation of weariness, which contribute to- ward a poor quality of ... See full document