Effectiveness of patient education plus motor control exercise versus patient education alone versus motor control exercise alone for rural community-dwelling adults with chronic low back pain: a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common health problem in rural Nigeria but access to rehabilitation is limited. Current clinical guidelines unanimously recommend patient education (PE) including instruction on self-management, and exercises as frontline interventions for CLBP. However, the specific content of these interventions and how they are best delivered remain to be well-described, particularly for low-resource communities. This study determined the effectiveness of PE plus motor control exercise (MCE) compared with either therapy alone among rural community-dwelling adults with CLBP.

Methods

A single-blind, three-arm parallel-group, randomised clinical trial including 120 adult rural dwellers (mean [SD] age, 46.0 [14.7] years) with CLBP assigned to PE pl

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9948461 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature