作者: Ciaran Williams , Mark J Hancock , Manuela Ferreira , Paulo Ferreira , Chris G Maher
DOI: 10.1179/2042618611Y.0000000025
关键词: Alternative medicine 、 Medline database 、 Physical therapy 、 Medicine 、 Low back pain 、 Sciatica 、 Nerve root 、 Psychological intervention 、 Non specific 、 Randomized controlled trial
摘要: AbstractObjectivesThe broad aim of this study was to assess the homogeneity patients included in trials non-specific low back pain (NSLBP). To do this, we investigated consistency and clarity criteria used identify exclude participants with serious pathologies nerve root compromise randomized controlled trials, investigating interventions for NSLBP.MethodsWe searched Medline database (LBP). published between 2000 2009. We then randomly selected screened inclusion until had 50 eligible trials. Data were extracted on cases conditions (e.g. cancer, fracture) involvement.ResultsThe majority papers (35/50) explicitly excluded pathology. However, terminology examples given highly variable. Nerve involvement an exclusion criterion but not all studies. The excluding w...