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Active Visceral Manipulation Associated With Conventional Physiotherapy in People With Chronic Low Back Pain and Visceral Dysfunction: A Preliminary, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial

Journal: Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Date: 2019/06, 18(2):Pages: 79-89. doi: Subito , type of study: randomized controlled trial

Free full text   (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656920/)

Keywords:

visceral manipulation [23]
low back pain [413]
physical therapy [40]
clinical trial [612]

Abstract:

Objective: The purpose of this study was to generate data for conduction of a power analysis to investigate short-term effects of visceral manipulation associated with conventional physical therapy on pain intensity, lumbar mobility, and functionality of people with chronic low back pain and visceral dysfunctions. Methods: This was a double-blinded, randomized, controlled, clinical trial preliminary study. A blinded evaluation was conducted involving 20 people with chronic low back pain with visceral dysfunction. Pain perception, lumbar mobility, and functionality were assessed in 3 moments: evaluation 1 (1 week before the intervention), evaluation 2 (immediately after the last intervention), and evaluation 3 (1 week after the last intervention). The protocol consisted of 50-minute session of conventional physical therapy and visceral manipulation. The participants were randomly allocated to 2 groups: 10 for the experimental group (conventional physical therapy and visceral manipulation) and 10 for the control group (conventional physical therapy and placebo visceral manipulation). Results: Significant reductions were found in the experimental group for lumbar mobility and specific functionality in comparison with the control group (P < .05). There were no significant differences for pain perception and global functionality. Conclusion: The combination of visceral manipulation and conventional physical therapy program demonstrated significant between-groups differences over time for lumbar spine mobility and specific functionality. These gains occurred after 5 sessions, once a week, and were maintained 1 week after the end of the treatment. This study generated data for conduction of a power analysis to inform the design for future clinical research in this line of inquiry.


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