Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: Results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial

Licciardone, John C.; Kearns, Cathleen M.; Minotti, Dennis E.

doi:10.1016/j.math.2013.05.006

Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: Results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial

Purpose To assess response to osteopathic manual treatment (OMT) according to baseline severity of chronic low back pain (LBP). Methods The OSTEOPATHIC Trial used a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, 2×2 factorial design to study OMT for chronic LBP. A total of 269 (59%) patients reported…