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Vol. 72, No. 7, July 1992, pp. 540-541
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Effectiveness of Manual and Mechanical Techniques


This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

To the Editor:

First, I would like to congratulate Mr DeRosa and Mr Porterfield on their article entitled "A Physical Therapy Model for the Treatment of Low Back Pain" published in the April 1992 issue of Physical Therapy. I think the article discussed many excellent concepts that physical therapists should keep in mind when examining and treating patients who have low back pain.

I would like to comment, however, on two of these concepts. The first concept I would like to comment on is

Many manual and mechanical techniques may be effective as adjuncts to modalities that promote analgesia, but we believe that the natural course of the low back condition will probably not be altered.

The phrase "natural course" is rather broad....


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A Physical Therapy Model for the Treatment of Low Back Pain
Carl P DeRosa and James A Porterfield
Physical Therapy 1992 72: 261-269. [Abstract] [PDF]





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