Manual Traction Versus Isometric Exercises in Patients with Herniated Intervertebral Lumbar Discs

Ljunggren, Anne Elisabeth; Walker, Lynne; Weber, Henrik; Amundsen, Tom

doi:10.3109/09593989209108104

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“…176,[242][243][244][245][246][247][248][249][250][251][252] Ten of these studies compared traction to an alternative intervention (three were multiple-arm studies). 176,[242][243][244][245][246][247][248][249][250] One further study compared mixed treatment that included traction, with mixed treatments or with other comparators without traction (Table 57a). [253][254][255][256] Three studies compared different types of traction (Table 57b).…”

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“…The number of participants included in the 10 studies that reported outcome data for global, pain or CSOMs ranged from 16 to 157 (median 60 participants). Five studies 176,243,245,246,249 (45%) included patients with acute sciatica, one study 242 (9%) included patients with chronic sciatica, one study 247 included patients with either acute or chronic sciatica and the remaining three studies 244,248,250 did not report this information. None of the studies included patients with spinal stenosis or sequestered or extruded discs.…”

Section: Tractionmentioning

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The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of management strategies for sciatica: systematic review and economic model

Lewis

Williams²,

Matar³

et al. 2011

Health Technol Assess

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Section: Tractionmentioning

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Section: Tractionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of management strategies for sciatica: systematic review and economic model

Lewis

Williams²,

Matar³

et al. 2011

Health Technol Assess

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“…Weber (1973) found no difference between TRU TRAC and sham treatment with regard to the effect on pain, neurological signs and symptoms and mobility. In a similar group of patients autotraction and manual lumbar traction had a limited effect with a definite improvement in 25% only, without any difference between the techniques used (Ljunggren et al 1984). However, the same authors pointed out that the patient's reaction during the first autotraction treatment was a good predictor.…”

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confidence: 89%

Physiotherapy

Moritz

1993

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

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“…A meta-analysis of the traction literature concluded that, as a group, there was no evidence that traction therapies were beneficial for LBP [9]. Nonetheless, some randomized trials have suggested that chronic LBP might be relieved by traction methods [10][11][12][13] and these treatments continue to be used in practice. The most commonly used methods are intermittent axial traction (which includes proprietary devices such as VAX-D, and DRX9000) and distraction-manipulation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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