The Effect of Spinal Manipulation for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain.
- Author:
Cheol Ho SON
1
;
Sang Hyang OH
;
Min Sung KIM
;
Soo A KIM
;
Ki Suk NAM
;
Sang Il PARK
;
Eun CHOI
;
Yang Gyun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Spinal manipulation;
Acute low back pain;
Fingertip-flexion test
- MeSH:
Humans;
Low Back Pain*;
Manipulation, Spinal*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1999;23(4):848-852
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of spinal manipulation for the patients with acute low back pain. METHOD: Twenty patients with acute low back pain have been received spinal manipulation 3 times per week. The 10-point scale and the distance of the fingertips from the floor on maximum forward flexion (fingertip-flexion test) were checked pretreatment, immediately posttreatment, 2 days posttreatment, 1 week posttreatment, and 2 weeks posttreatment. RESULTS: The results were as follows: 1) The 10-point scale at pretreatment, immediately posttreatment, 2 days posttreatment, 1 week posttreatment, and 2 weeks post-treatment were 10.0+/-0.0, 5.8+/-1.4, 2.2+/-1.0, 1.1+/-0.2, and 1.0+/-0.0, respectively (P<0.01). 2) The fingertip-flexion test at pretreatment, immediately posttreatment, 2 days posttreatment, 1 week posttreatment, 2 weeks posttreatment were 35.4+/-8.4 cm, 22.4+/-7.0 cm, 14.1+/-4.9 cm, 7.4+/-3.6 cm, and 5.4+/-4.6 cm, respectively (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: In our study, the spinal manipulation for the patients with acute low back pain offered significant efficacy and appeared to be a reasonable therapeutic option. But the effectiveness of this method leaves a critical aspect that should be dealt with in future studies.
