[PDF] Top 20 The effectiveness of massage therapy for the treatment of nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review of systematic reviews

... Therapeutic massage resulted in better pain and disability scores by end of trial than sham laser, and was found to be superior to self-care, acupuncture, exercise and education, and muscle ...and ... See full document

... current review was undertaken to synthesise the evidence from randomised controlled trials on the effect- iveness of physical exercise on LPP among postnatal ...other systematic reviews focusing on ... See full document

... Two systematic reviews will be conducted to identify 1) randomized controlled trials and 2) full economic evaluations of chiropractic care for low back pain compared to standard care ... See full document

... of therapy to relieve their symptoms and provide hope for a ...the pain [2,9], lessen the suffering, and offer a cure for this ...multiple reviews, conflicting conclusions have been reached about ... See full document

... that had a high risk of bias as defined by the Cochrane Back Review Group [36]. This review’s findings may therefore have greater credibility than other reviews [44]. The meta-regression analysis ... See full document

... relative effectiveness of OMT compared to other specific interventions commonly of- fered to people with LBP using the available ...this review were varied, including sham treatment, usual med- ical ... See full document

... relative effectiveness of OMT compared to other specific interventions commonly of- fered to people with LBP using the available ...this review were varied, including sham treatment, usual med- ical ... See full document

... manual therapy and/or exercise for NSLPB that used trial designs capable of providing robust information on targeted treatment (treatment effect modification) for the outcomes of activity limitation ... See full document

... as pain of the lumbosacral area of the spine lasting more than 12 ...for pain relief are likely to be middle-aged or older, and are at high risk for both adverse gastrointestinal and cardiovascular side ef- ... See full document

... the effectiveness of Vertebral Axial Decompression (VAX-D) in treating patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) as a safe and competent therapeutic ...lumbar pain using mechanical ... See full document

... This review identified limited evidence for the effect- iveness of foot orthoses or insoles in the treatment and prevention of ...mechanical therapy in other musculoskeletal conditions including ... See full document

... A systematic literature search was conducted in Pubmed on articles in English, published between January 2000 and July ...self-reported back pain and on different age groups with adequate sample ... See full document

... several systematic reviews on a range of sleep instruments utilized for the assessment of sleep dysfunction in a vari- ety of medical and neuropsychiatric disorders, or in spe- cialized ...these ... See full document

... Highlighting predictors that influence the clinical out- come of CLBP is a major challenge to improve prognosis and select patients for which specific therapies may be re- quired, still, there is a lack of consistent ... See full document

... Most patients with autoimmune musculoskeletal disease require immunosuppression and/or anti-TNF treatment to control disease activity and slow progression, with a wide range of adverse effects. It is thus ... See full document

... Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing BTX-A treatment with saline for alleviating neuropathic pain. Primary outcome measures ... See full document

... There are also methodological issues to consider in the presentation and synthesis of results. Approximately a third of the multiple-indication reviews that we found presented evidence individually for each ... See full document

... of low methodological quality, with the highest quality study [26] scoring ...pressure pain threshold. Nine participants with mechanical neck pain of less than three months duration were randomised ... See full document

... Results: For eligibility, 4,137 studies were screened: 114 studies were included in the fi nal analysis, representing 22 countries worldwide. Data extracted included study endpoint, patient detail, loss to follow-up, ... See full document

... psychological treatment is effective. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for bulimia, but there is a need for treatment for all ...of treatment (CBT–E), ... See full document