October 2, 2007Annals of Internal Medicine
Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline
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Implication
Evidence review demonstrates targeted nonpharmacologic therapies improve acute and chronic low back pain, highlighting distinct modalities across pain durations.
Key Points
- Evaluate the clinical evidence on nonpharmacologic therapies for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain to support clinical practice guideline development.
- Reviewed clinical evidence evaluating nonpharmacologic modalities for acute and chronic low back pain.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, exercise, spinal manipulation, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation show good evidence of moderate efficacy for chronic or subacute low back pain.
- Superficial heat is the only nonpharmacologic therapy with good evidence of efficacy for acute low back pain.
Cite This Study
Chou et al. (2007) studied this question.