Does folk medicine work? A randomized clinical trial on patients with prolonged back pain

Dynamic Surface Electromyographic Responses in Chronic Low Back Pain Treated by Traditional Bone Setting and Conventional Physical Therapy

“…6,8 No significant difference between TBS and PT was found in trunk flexibility. Hemmil7 et al 11 reported that bone setting improved lateral and forward bending of the spine more than did exercise therapy but that neither bone setting nor exercise differed from physiotherapy. In several studies, exercise-based active back rehabilitation programs have been shown to be effective in reducing LBP intensity and to improve back extension strength and mobility.…”

“…A bone setter begins the treatment from the toes and feet up to the hands and head and mobilizes tissues and malocclusions. 11 The aims of TBS treatment are usually to abolish malpositions, to relax the muscles, and to remove excessive muscle contraction and body asymmetry. The patients received 5 TBS treatments with 2-week intervals; these were carried out by experienced bone setters.…”

Chiropractic Management of Low Back Pain and Low Back-Related Leg Complaints: A Literature Synthesis

“…Hemilla 62 observed that SMT led to better long-term and short-term disability reduction compared to physical therapy or home exercise (QS, 63). A second article by the same group 63 found that neither bone-setting nor exercise differed significantly from physical therapy for symptom control, though bone-setting was associated with improved lateral and forward-bending of the spine more than exercise (QS, 75). Coxhead 64 reported that HVLA provided better outcomes when compared to exercise, corsets, traction, or no exercise when studied in the short-term (QS, 25).…”

Effect of flexibility exercise on lumbar angle: A study among non-specific low back pain patients

“…Increasing the lumbar range of motion is an important goal of therapists for LBP treatment (Payton, 1989). Many exercise programs in previous research studies for simple back pain included general stretching or flexibility exercise (Bronfort et al, 1996;Coxhead et al, 1981;Faas et al, 1993;Hemmilä et al, 1997;Johannsen et al, 1995;Ljunggren et al, 1997;Sachs et al, 1994;Seferlis et al, 1998;Torstensen et al, 1998). Specifically, McKenzie exercise procedures were effectively prescribed for increasing the range of motion or the flexibility of the lower back (McKenzie, 1981;McKenzie and May, 2003;Mujic Skikic et al, 2004).…”