Articles: low-back-pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of intradiscal electrothermal therapy for the treatment of discogenic low back pain.
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) is a treatment for discogenic low back pain the efficacy of which has not been rigorously tested. ⋯ Nonspecific factors associated with the procedure account for a proportion of the apparent efficacy of IDET, but its efficacy cannot be attributed wholly to a placebo effect. The results of this trial cannot be generalized to patients who do not fit the strict inclusion criteria of this study, but IDET appears to provide worthwhile relief in a small proportion of strictly defined patients undergoing this treatment for intractable low back pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Prolotherapy injections, saline injections, and exercises for chronic low-back pain: a randomized trial.
To assess the efficacy of a prolotherapy injection and exercise protocol in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. ⋯ In chronic nonspecific low-back pain, significant and sustained reductions in pain and disability occur with ligament injections, irrespective of the solution injected or the concurrent use of exercises.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A randomized controlled trial of radiofrequency denervation of the ramus communicans nerve for chronic discogenic low back pain.
The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) thermocoagulation of the ramus communicans nerve in patients suffering from chronic discogenic low back pain. ⋯ In patients with chronic discogenic low back pain, percutaneous RF denervation of the ramus communicans nerve should be considered as a treatment option.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Trunk muscle strength, cross-sectional area, and density in patients with chronic low back pain randomized to lumbar fusion or cognitive intervention and exercises.
A randomized study. ⋯ Patients with chronic low back pain who followed cognitive intervention and exercise programs improved significantly in muscle strength compared with patients who underwent lumbar fusion. In the lumbar fusion group, density decreased significantly at L3-L4 compared with the exercise group.
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To describe the attitudes and beliefs of physiotherapy students to chronic low back pain (LBP) and to investigate whether these attitudes change following exposure to a teaching module on chronic back pain. Also, to investigate the effect of current or previous LBP on student attitudes and beliefs. ⋯ These results suggest that the attitudes and beliefs of third year physiotherapy students not exposed to teaching are similar to those of community providers. There is no difference between students with and without a history of LBP.