Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with failure of physical therapy in chronic low back pain: a secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with younger ones, older patients with cLBP had a higher risk of treatment failure after physical therapy and gained a stronger benefit of long-term pain alleviation from therapeutic aquatic exercise.CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Therapeutic aquatic exercise is an effective therapy for cLBP and more helpful for preventing treatment failure than physical therapy modalities, especially for older patients.PMID:38551516 | DOI:10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08033-X

Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - March 29, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Yong-Hui Zhang Meng-Si Peng Rui Wang Yi-Zu Wang Chang-Cheng Chen Juan Wang Yi-Li Zheng Hao-Ran Xu Pei-Jie Chen Xue-Qiang Wang Source Type: research