Search results for "Low back pain"
Walking regimen may reduce low back pain recurrence
A walking and education intervention, compared with a no treatment control, can substantially reduce recurrences of low back pain, an Australian trial concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/06/25/4.htm
25 Jun 2024
Low back pain patients with opioid use disorder more likely to get more opioids
One-quarter of Medicare beneficiaries seeking care for acute low back pain received opioid prescriptions, according to 2016 to 2019 data. Patients with opioid use disorder received higher opioid doses and were more likely to be coprescribed gabapentin.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/06/11/4.htm
11 Jun 2024
Use of chiropractors and occupational, physical therapy for low back pain uncommon, despite guidelines
While clinical practice guidelines encourage nonpharmacologic treatments as first-line therapy for low back pain, fewer than a third of patients used chiropractic care or occupational or physical therapy for this problem in 2002 to 2018.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/31/4.htm
31 Oct 2023
‘Considerable uncertainty’ surrounds efficacy, safety of analgesics for low back pain
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 98 randomized controlled trials found little high-certainty evidence on the comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesics for acute nonspecific low back pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/28/1.htm
28 Mar 2023
Nonopioids effective for acute low back pain, review finds
Myorelaxants and NSAIDs with or without acetaminophen were all effective at reducing pain and disability from acute, nonspecific low back pain lasting less than 12 weeks, according to an analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials, although the authors stressed that medications for this condition should always be a second-line strategy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/28/1.htm
28 Feb 2023
Yoga noninferior to physical therapy for treating chronic low back pain, study finds
At 12 weeks, the mean change on a disability questionnaire in the yoga group was noninferior to a physical therapy group, and both groups were less likely than participants in an education-only group to use pain medication after 12 weeks.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/20/1.htm
20 Jun 2017
Glucocorticoid injection provides only short-term relief from chronic low back pain
Patients who received a single intradiscal glucocorticoid injection reported positive effects on pain at one month compared with the control group, but the groups did not differ in low back pain intensity at 12 months and in most secondary outcomes at one and 12 months.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/21/1.htm
21 Mar 2017
Nonpharmacologic treatment first for low-back pain, ACP guideline recommends
Given that most patients with low back pain improve over time regardless of treatment, clinicians and patients should select nonpharmacologic options such as superficial heat, massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation, the guideline states.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2017
Motor control exercise is safe and as effective as other exercises for reducing lower back pain, Cochrane review finds
Moderate- to high-quality evidence showed similar outcomes between motor control exercise and manual therapy for all outcomes and follow-up periods.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/12/2.htm
12 Jan 2016
No additional benefit for low back pain when naproxen is combined with adjunct treatment, study finds
Adding a muscle relaxant or an opioid plus acetaminophen to naproxen did not appear to improve pain or functional outcomes at 1 week in patients who presented to an ED with low back pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/27/5.htm
27 Oct 2015
Physical therapy for low back pain may offer modest benefit
While there was a modest difference favoring early physical therapy at 3 months, a between-group difference did not achieve the threshold for minimum clinically important difference, and differences were mostly undetectable by 1 year.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/20/1.htm
20 Oct 2015
Corticosteroid injections may not offer lasting benefit in low back pain
Researchers called for more research to clarify the benefits and harms of injections for low back pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2015
Yoga may be beneficial in chronic low back pain
Yoga improved chronic low back pain compared to usual care, a new randomized trial has shown.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/01/4.htm
1 Nov 2011