Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study)
1. A three-month course of amoxicillin provides no clinically significant benefit over placebo for treatment of chronic back pain with ...
Tag: back pain
Radiofrequency denervation not effective in chronic low back pain
1. This series of multi-center, non-blinded randomized control trials found that there was either no improvement or no clinically important ...
Yoga is an effective alternative to physical therapy for easing low back pain
1. Education serves as the most effective method of therapy for chronic lower back pain. 2. Yoga and physical therapy ...
Mindfulness offers short-term relief from low back pain
1. Mindfulness-based stress reduction may have short-term impact on pain intensity and physical functioning for low back pain patients. 2. ...
Spinal manipulative therapy linked to modest improvements in pain and function for acute low back pain
1. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, spinal manipulative therapy was associated with statistically significant benefits in both pain and ...
Interactive voice response system effective for CBT-based therapy for chronic back pain
1. The cooperative pain education and self-management (COPES) study was a randomized, non-inferiority trial that demonstrated similar efficacy in improvement ...
A single glucocorticoid injection provides only short-term relief from chronic low back pain
1. Single glucocorticoid injections provided symptomatic relief from chronic low back pain after one month. 2. No differences in low ...
Several nonpharmacologic therapies associated with benefits for chronic low back pain
1. In this systematic review, researchers found associations with short-term pain benefits on a small to moderate level for exercise, ...
Opioid analgesics not linked to clinical improvement in chronic low back pain
1. In a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, opioid analgesics for chronic low back pain were associated with small, but ...
Patient Basics: Back Pain
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Back pain can be a symptom of many different illnesses and conditions. ...
