Effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention for chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial

We assessed the effectiveness of a 6-month healthy lifestyle intervention, on pain intensity in patients with chronic low back pain who were overweight or obese. We conducted a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, embedded within a cohort multiple randomised controlled trial of patients on a waiting list for outpatient orthopaedic consultation at a tertiary hospital in NSW, Australia. Eligible patients with chronic low back pain (>3 months in duration) and body mass index ≥27 kg/m2 and
Source: Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research