Manual Therapy Journal

The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of early use of thrust and non-thrust manipulation in sample of patients with mechanical low back pain. The randomized controlled trial included patients with mechanically reproducible LBP, ≥age 18-years who were randomized into two treatment groups. The main outcome measures were the Oswestry Disability Index and a Numeric Pain Rating Scale, with secondary measures of Rate of Recovery, total visits and days in care, and the work subscale of the Fears Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire work subscale.

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