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| Title |
Naturopathic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2007
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000919 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Orest Szczurko, Kieran Cooley, Jason W. Busse, Dugald Seely, Bob Bernhardt, Gordon H. Guyatt, Qi Zhou, Edward J. Mills |
| Abstract |
Chronic low back pain represents a substantial cost to employers through benefits coverage and days missed due to incapacity. We sought to explore the effectiveness of Naturopathic care on chronic low back pain. This study was a randomized clinical trial. We randomized 75 postal employees with low back pain of longer than six weeks duration to receive Naturopathic care (n = 39) or standardized physiotherapy (n = 36) over a period of 12 weeks. The study was conducted in clinics on-site in postal outlets. Participants in the Naturopathic care group received dietary counseling, deep breathing relaxation techniques and acupuncture. The control intervention received education and instruction on physiotherapy exercises using an approved education booklet. We measured low back pain using the Oswestry disability questionnaire as the primary outcome measure, and quality of life using the SF-36 in addition to low back range of motion, weight loss, and Body Mass Index as secondary outcomes. Sixty-nine participants (92%) completed eight weeks or greater of the trial. Participants in the Naturopathic care group reported significantly lower back pain (-6.89, 95% CI. -9.23 to -3.54, p = <0.0001) as measured by the Oswestry questionnaire. Quality of life was also significantly improved in the group receiving Naturopathic care in all domains except for vitality. Differences for the aggregate physical component of the SF-36 was 8.47 (95% CI, 5.05 to 11.87, p = <0.0001) and for the aggregate mental component was 7.0 (95% CI, 2.25 to 11.75, p = 0.0045). All secondary outcomes were also significantly improved in the group receiving Naturopathic care: spinal flexion (p<0.0001), weight-loss (p = 0.0052) and Body Mass Index (-0.52, 95% CI, -0.96 to -0.08, p = 0.01). Naturopathic care provided significantly greater improvement than physiotherapy advice for patients with chronic low back pain. Controlled-Trials.com ISRCTN41920953. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 12 | 40% |
| United States | 5 | 17% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 10 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 17 | 57% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 40% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 215 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 38 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 14% |
| Researcher | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 44 | 20% |
| Unknown | 34 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 104 | 47% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 38 | 17% |
| Unspecified | 9 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 36 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 November 2023.
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#1,592
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#15
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