Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Mini-intervention for subacute low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ Mini-intervention reduced daily back pain symptoms and sickness absence, improved adaptation to pain and patient satisfaction among patients with subacute low back pain, without increasing health care costs. A work site visit did not increase effectiveness.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Manual therapy and exercise therapy in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled trial with 1-year follow-up.
A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial with 1-year follow-up. ⋯ Improvements were found in both intervention groups, but manual therapy showed significantly greater improvement than exercise therapy in patients with chronic low back pain. The effects were reflected on all outcome measures, both on short and long-term follow-up.