Real-World Massage Therapy Produces Meaningful Effectiveness Signal for Primary Care Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Results of a Repeated Measures Cohort Study | Zendy

William Elder | Zendy; Niki Munk | Zendy; Margaret M. Love | Zendy; Géza Bruckner | Zendy; Kathryn E. Stewart | Zendy; Kevin Pearce | Zendy

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Real-World Massage Therapy Produces Meaningful Effectiveness Signal for Primary Care Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Results of a Repeated Measures Cohort Study

Author(s) -

William Elder,

Niki Munk,

Margaret M. Love,

Géza Bruckner,

Kathryn E. Stewart,

Kevin Pearce

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw347

Subject(s) - massage , medicine , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , oswestry disability index , repeated measures design , primary care , low back pain , chronic pain , manual therapy , sf 36 , back pain , alternative medicine , health related quality of life , family medicine , nursing , pathology , statistics , mathematics , disease

While efficacy of massage and other nonpharmacological treatments for chronic low back pain is established, stakeholders have called for pragmatic studies of effectiveness in "real-world" primary health care. The Kentucky Pain Research and Outcomes Study evaluated massage impact on pain, disability, and health-related quality of life for primary care patients with chronic low back pain. We report effectiveness and feasibility results, and make comparisons with established minimal clinically important differences.

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