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27 Jan2016

27 January 2016.

Written by Jens Erik Jørgensen
Posted in Lumbar

27-01-2016 07:36:46
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Prevention of low back pain

Most of the previous reviews on preventing low back pain (LBP) have major limitations. The aim of this high-quality systematic review was to document the evidence for interventions relating to LBP and sick leave because of LBP. Twenty-three reports (21 different RCTs including 30,850 unique participants) were included in this review.

The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate the following:

  • Exercise and education combined may reduce the risk of LBP
  • Exercise alone may reduce the risk of an episode of LBP and sick leave. Uncertainty of whether the effects persist beyond 1 year however exists.
  • Education alone, back belts, shoe insoles, and ergonomic adjustments do not seem to prevent LBP or sick leave due to LBP.
  • Uncertainty exists whether education, training, or ergonomic adjustments are able of preventing LBP due to very low quality of evidence.

The review found documentation for exercise alone reducing LBP episodes by 35% and sick leave by 78%. The review also showed that exercise and education reduced the risk for LBP by 45% and prevented LBP for up to 1 year. The effect sizes were however very much reduced for periods of over 1 year. This important finding suggests that ongoing exercise is necessary and that program focusing on long-term behavior changes as to exercise may be important.

> From: Steffens et al., JAMA Intern Med (2016) (Epub ahead of print). All rights reserved to American Medical Association. Click here for the Pubmed summary.

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Tags: Exercise, low back pain, exercise therapy, education

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Jens Erik Jørgensen
Jens Erik Jørgensen
Jens Erik graduated as a Physiotherapist in Aalborg, Denmark in 1991. In 2009, he obtained his Masters degree in Physiotherapy at Queen Margaret Unive...

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