Review: CAM for low back pain
Researchers at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, reviewed active and passive treatment programs.
Here’s what we know.
Active treatments shown to be effective
- Physical therapy-directed exercise programs
- Core stabilization
- Mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT)
- Yoga is the most effective nonphysician-directed active treatment approach to nonspecific low back pain comparing other CAM treatments.
Passive treatment shown to be effective
- Acupuncture is a medical practitioner-directed passive treatment has been shown to be a good adjunct treatment.
The bottom line?
These are the conclusions reached by the authors. However, they also call for more studies to confirm these data.
2/20/11 22:07 JR