Title
A randomised controlled trial of 'clockwise' ultrasound for low back pain.
Journal Title
S Afr J Physiother
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Abstract
Aims: To examine how the choice of words explaining ultrasound (US) may influence the outcome of physiotherapy treatment for low back pain (LBP).
Methods: Sixty-seven patients with LBP < 3 months were randomly allocated to one of three groups - traditional education about US (control group [CG]), inflated education about US (experimental group [EG]) or extra-inflated education about US (extra-experimental group [EEG]). Each patient received the exact same application of US that has shown clinical efficacy for LBP (1.5 Watts/cm
Results: Both EG and EEG groups showed a statistically significant improvement for SLR (
Conclusion: The choice of words when applying a treatment in physiotherapy can alter the efficacy of the treatment.
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Physical Therapy | Physiotherapy
Volume
72
Issue
1
First Page
306
Last Page
306
PubMed ID
30135888
ISSN
0379-6175
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v72i1.306
Recommended Citation
Louw, Adriaan; Zimney, Kory; Landers, Merrill R; Luttrell, Mark; Clair, Bob; and Mills, Joshua, "A randomised controlled trial of 'clockwise' ultrasound for low back pain." (2016). Faculty Publications. 7.
https://red.library.usd.edu/pt-fp/7