Continuous Low-Level Heat Wrap Therapy Provides More Efficacy Than Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen for Acute Low Back Pain

Abstract

Continuous low-level heat wrap therapy was superior to both acetaminophen and ibuprofen for treating low back pain.

The Efficacy of Thermotherapy and Cryotherapy on Pain Relief in Patients with Acute Low Back Pain, a Clinical Trial Study

“…Ours findings are consistent with the results of some other studies on the efficacy of thermotherapy and cryotherapy on low back pain relief [12,16,18,19]. In most studies, thermotherapy and cryotherapy were effective, in long term, on pain relief in the patients suffering from low back pain [12,16,20].…”

Chapter 3 European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care

“…Several RCTs were identified on treatments for acute low back pain that were not included in the guidelines: four trials on acupuncture [61][62][63][64], six trials on herbal medicine [65][66][67][68][69][70], one trial on interferential therapy [71], and three References trials on low-level heatwrap therapy [72][73][74]. These interventions were not included in the guidelines, because they were not summarized in a systematic review, involve alternative therapy, or are not commonly used throughout Europe for the treatment of acute low back pain.…”

A systematic review of paracetamol for non-specific low back pain

“…The search retrieved 205 unique articles which resulted in seven trials, reported in six articles [8,9,13,15,17,20] being included in the review (Fig. 1).…”

“…Five of the trials reported on participants with acute low back pain [8,13,15,17,20] one trial reported on participants with chronic low back pain [9] and one trial included both participants with acute low back pain and with chronic low back pain as defined for this review [17].…”

“…None of the trials presented data comparing paracetamol with placebo, one trial compared paracetamol with no treatment [13], four of the trials included a comparison group of NSAIDs [9,13,15,20] two of the trials compared paracetamol with another drug [17,20] and two of the trials compared paracetamol with a different treatment [8,15]. All of the trials provided outcome data on pain and five provided data on disability.…”