Table 1.24Low Back Pain – Manipulation + Mobilization – Chronic-Non-Specific Pain

Study ID Year CountryTotal sample sizePopulation (Gender, Age)EligibilityRandomized Groups (no. of patients)Frequency and Treatment durationOutcomes and post-treatment follow-upQuality score
Aure, O (2003)162

Norway		49% male: 53

Mean age: 40.2 yrs		Men and women age 20 to 60 years that had been sick-listed between 8 weeks and 6 months due to LBP with or without leg pain.
  1. Manual Therapy by a specialist, n = 27
  2. Exercise Therapy by 2 physiotherapists, n = 22
16 treatments

8 weeks
  1. Pain: VAS (100 mm)
  2. Disability: Oswestry LBP Questionnaire
  3. Work: N of sick-listed patients at each assessment session (Analysis’ based on intention to treat)

Data measured at 8 weeks, 3 and 6 mo		8/13
Ferreira ML (2007)163

Australia		240% male: 31

Mean age: 53.6 yrs		Patients with Non-specific CLBP aged 18-80 yrs; Patients with OA, disc protrusion, or herniation without neurological compromise were also included
  1. Spinal manipulation + mobilization by physiotherapists, n = 80
  2. MC + exercise by the same therapists, n = 80
  3. GEN exercise by the same therapists, n = 80
12 sessions

8 weeks
  1. Pain: VAS
  2. Disability: RMDQ; PSFS
  3. ADVERSE EVENTS: no harms reported

Data measures at 8 weeks, 3 and 6 mo		7/13

From: Appendix I, Summary Tables

Cover of Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain II
Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain II.
Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 194.
Furlan AD, Yazdi F, Tsertsvadze A, et al.
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