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Biomechanical Changes Related to Low Back Pain: An Innovative Tool for Movement Pattern Assessment and Treatment Evaluation in Rehabilitation
Published on: December 13, 2024
A bio-psycho-social approach for treating sub-acute low back pain
Salvatore Giaquinto1, Loredana Bruti, Valentina Dall'Armi
1IRCCS Rehabilitation Institute San Raffaele Pisana, Rome I-00163, Italy. salvatore.giaquinto@sanraffaele.it
Purpose:
This article examines the distinctive opportunities and challenges involved in treating sub-acute low back pain (LBP). Several risk factors have been identified. Thus, a multi-disciplinary design and a comprehensive bio-psycho-social approach seem to be the best modality of intervention to improve outcome.
Method:
The relevant literature on various factors that are supposed to improve outcome is summarised and discussed.
Results:
A controversial on the rehabilitation benefits still exists. From one side, meta-analytic studies provide a small evidence of effectiveness. Most treatments for chronic LBP provide weak results and the benefits can be just transient. From the other side, comprehensive bio-psycho-social approaches seem to be the best modality of intervention to facilitate physical outcome and return to work.
Conclusion:
This article reflects the conviction that clinicians with a special knowledge on LBP problems and researchers with a special knowledge on health policy will better work together. Their targets are outcome and cost-benefit ratio by taking into account the economical and political milieu of the country where the research is carried out.
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