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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Summary:
Patients who had low back pain for at least 3 weeks but less than 6 months were assigned to osteopathic manual therapy (spinal manipulation) or standard medical therapies
Both groups improved during the 12 weeks of treatment, with no significant difference between groups and 90% of both groups were satisfied with the treatment
The osteopathic treatment group required less medication and used less physical therapy than the standard care group
Conclusion:
In this group of patients, osteopathy and standard care gave similar results in relieving back pain
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