Journal article
Naturopathic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Chronic low back pain represents a substantial cost to employers through benefits coverage and days missed due to incapacity. We sought to explore the effectiveness of Naturopathic care on chronic low back pain.
METHODS: This study was a randomized clinical trial. We randomized 75 postal employees with low back pain of longer than six weeks duration to receive Naturopathic care (n = 39) or standardized physiotherapy (n = 36) over a …
Authors
Szczurko O; Cooley K; Busse JW; Seely D; Bernhardt B; Guyatt GH; Zhou Q; Mills EJ
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 2, No. 9,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0000919
ISSN
1932-6203