The Nordic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increases the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients with recurrent and persistent low back pain - a secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

ConclusionData support the use of MC in a stratified care model targeting dysfunctional patients for MC. For a carefully selected group of patients with recurrent and persistent LBP the clinical course becomes more stable and the number of pain-free weeks between episodes increases when receiving MC. Understanding how subgroups of patients are likely to be affected by MC may help align patients ’ and clinicians’ expectations based on realistic outcomes.Trial registrationClinical trials.gov;NCT01539863; February 22, 2012.
Source: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research