Alternative therapeutic methods for disability management in chronic low back pain

Authors

  • Juliane Marcos Nascimento
  • Thais Stefane
  • Anamaria Alves Napoleão São CarlosSP, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Enfermagem , Brasil
  • Priscilla Hortense São CarlosSP, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Enfermagem , Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/1415-2762.20150016

Keywords:

Low Back Pain, Therapeutics, Complementary Therapies, Pain Management

Abstract

Low back pain is rarely treated only with drug interventions due to the complex relationship among the components that cause this condition. Alternative therapeutic methods are options to be considered for an appropriate management of this type of pain. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of alternative approaches to disability in people with chronic low back pain and describe what tools are being used to assess this disability. This is an integrative literature review, which consulted PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and The BIREME data, in which the articles published between 2007 and 2012 were selected. Original publications were included in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, using the descriptors of low back pain, disability, treatment, and chronic. The review sample consisted of 34 items from the 1,284 found. The selected articles were classified according to their approach in five categories: physical therapy, multidisciplinary approach, aerobic exercise, the association of treatments, and other treatments. In most studies, the instruments used to assess disability were validated and the most commonly used were the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire. Alternative therapeutic methods identified in this review, in general, positively reflect on the improvement of disability related to chronic low back pain, including the most commonly studied methods using a physical therapy approach, followed by the methods using a multidisciplinary approach. The data generated by the survey will help to define protocols for the proper management of Chronic Low Back Pain.

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2015-03-01

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2015)

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