Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Including Specific Diaphragm Techniques Improves Pain and Disability in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8958071	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	2018	33 Pages	PDF

Abstract

An OMT protocol that includes diaphragm techniques produces significant and clinically relevant improvements in pain and disability in patients with NS-CLBP compared to the same OMT protocol using sham diaphragm techniques.

Keywords

SF-MPQ FABQ LBP OMT ODI MCID VAS Rehabilitation Minimal Clinically Important Difference Osteopathic manipulative treatment Manual therapy Diaphragm PCs Oswestry Disability Index visual analog scale Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Pain catastrophizing scale HADS Short-form McGill pain questionnaire Low back pain