Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report

PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of traction on lower back pain. METHODS: a prospective study of 100 patients with lower back pain with straight leg raising test positive and with decrease in disc space on X-ray. RESULTS: 83.6% of the patients got relief. Patients who got re...

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Main Authors: T. Al-Sadek, D. Niklev, A. Al-Sadek
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Language:English
Published: Trakia University 2017-03-01
Series:Trakia Journal of Sciences
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Online Access:http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/Vol15_N1_2017/T.Al-Sadek%20(1).pdf
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description PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of traction on lower back pain. METHODS: a prospective study of 100 patients with lower back pain with straight leg raising test positive and with decrease in disc space on X-ray. RESULTS: 83.6% of the patients got relief. Patients who got relief were evaluated radiologically and clinically. CONCLUSION: We conclude that traction is cost effective and very effective method for relieving low back pain due to disc pathology and stable lumbar fractures.
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title Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report
title_full Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report
title_fullStr Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report
title_full_unstemmed Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report
title_short Traction as conservative management of lower back pain: case report
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topic traction
conservative treatment
lower back pain
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