Chinese massage combined with core stability exercises for nonspecific low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Zhang, Yingjie ^a   Tang, Shujie ^b   Chen, Guangmin ^a   Liu, Yuanmei ^a  

^a Qingzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese massage; Core stability exercises; Nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP); Oswestry disability index (ODI); Visual analog scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MASSAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE STABILITY EXERCISE; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921712484     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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