Effect of Visceral Osteopathic Manipulations on Low Back Pain
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Forty female patients with age ranging from 30-40 years old were suffering from low back pain due to visceral dysfunctions participated in this study. They were recruited from a private clinic. They were assigned into two groups equal in number; Group (A): included twenty patients who received osteopathic manipulative techniques, 1 session per week for 3 weeks, and Group (B): included twenty patients who received only analgesic drugs.
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Twenty patients received osteopathic manipulative techniques including Suboccipital release technique, diaphragmatic release.,mesentery release and Colonic manipulation were applied to the study group according to the patients' needs.
The treatment program comprised a total of 3 sessions for 3 weeks at one session per week for an average of 50 minutes per session. Twenty patients in the second group (control ) took only analgesics during the three weeks.
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Inclusion criteria
- Non-specific low back pain for more than 12 weeks
Exclusion criteria
- Malignant tumor
- Pregnancy
- Acute ischemic bowel disease,
- Intestinal obstruction,
- surgery in the last six months
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Interventional model
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40 participants in 2 patient groups
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