lumbar traction
National Institutes of Health
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STUDY DESIGN
Cross-sectional survey.
OBJECTIVES
To examine how many physical therapists use traction, the patients for whom…
OBJECTIVE
This study measures and compares the outcome of conservative physical therapy with traction, by using magnetic…
Abstract The objective of the study was to develop a clinical prediction rule for identifying patients with low back pain, who…
We investigated the effects of continuous lumbar traction in patients with lumbar disc herniation on clinical findings, and size…
STUDY DESIGN
A randomized trial designed to compare interferential therapy with motorized lumbar traction and massage management…
Lumbar traction is commonly used to treat patients with back pain. Typically, clinicians rely on expert opinion in making…
The purposes of this study of low back pain patients were to determine: 1) if presence of sacrospinalis myoelectric activity is a…
A controlled trial of continuous lumbar traction in the treatment of back pain and sciatica showed similar improvements in both…
Lumbar vertebral columns, removed from 23 male cadavers aged from 18 to 84 years, were tested for their reaction to a…
A double-blind control study of lumbar traction for sciatica has been carried out. Although there is a tendency for traction to…