La ceinture lombaire (Lombacross activity) plus efficace que le médicament. Résultats d'une étude randomisée multicentrique avec suivi sur trois mois

This open prospective randomized multicentric study versus controls was designed to evaluate the effects of Lombacross (Thuasne) for persons with low-back pain. Follow-up period was of three months. The study population was composed of persons aged 20 to 60 years divided into two randomized groups. All participants had consulted their general practitioner for subacute lower back pain. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Lombacross activity belt which was used by one group in comparison with usual medications used by the other group without the belt. The results, assessed in terms of pain, functional limitation and use of drugs, were clearly in favour of the lumbar belt group. Lombacross was thus found to be the most effective treatment and clearly less costly than medications. The discomfort associated with wearing the belt was minimal and negligible compared with the iatrogenic risk associated with the use of certain drugs widely prescribed for patients with lower-back pain.