Therapeutic ultrasound for chronic low back pain.

CONCLUSIONS: The evidence from this systematic review is uncertain regarding the effect of therapeutic ultrasound on pain in individuals with chronic non-specific LBP. Whilst there is some evidence that therapeutic ultrasound may have a small effect on improving low back function in the short term compared to placebo, the certainty of evidence is very low. The true effect is likely to be substantially different. There are few high-quality randomised trials, and the available trials were very small. The current evidence does not support the use of therapeutic ultrasound in the management of chronic LBP.
PMID: 32623724 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - July 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ebadi S, Henschke N, Forogh B, Nakhostin Ansari N, van Tulder MW, Babaei-Ghazani A, Fallah E Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research