
Physical Therapy & Rehab
LBP: Beneficial effect of electro-massage therapy on pain, disability & health-related QOL
Clin Rehabil. 2013 May;27(5):439-49. doi: 10.1177/0269215512460780. Epub 2012 Oct 362 patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain of mechanical origin were randomized to determine the efficacy of combined electro-massage therapy as a treatment option. Participants were allocated to either electro-massage therapy or to a control treatment of superficial massage only. The treatments consisted of 20 sessions over 10 weeks. At post-treatment evaluation, patients who had received electro-massage therapy experienced significantly better pain, disability, and physical health-related quality of life scores compared to the control.
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