Manual therapy
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial.
To assess response to osteopathic manual treatment (OMT) according to baseline severity of chronic low back pain (LBP). ⋯ The large effect size for OMT in providing substantial pain reduction in patients with chronic LBP of high severity was associated with clinically important improvement in back-specific functioning. Thus, OMT may be an attractive option in such patients before proceeding to more invasive and costly treatments.