Andrea D Furlan
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2012
Andrea D Furlan; F Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Thomas Ostermann; Sophia Tsouros
Background. Back pain is a common problem and a major cause of disability and health care utilization. Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy, harms, and costs of the most common CAM treatments (acupuncture, massage, spinal manipulation, and mobilization) for neck/low-back pain. Data Sources. Records without language restriction from various databases up to February 2010. Data Extraction. The efficacy outcomes of interest were pain intensity and disability. Data Synthesis. Reports of 147 randomized trials and 5 nonrandomized studies were included. CAM treatments were more effective in reducing pain and disability compared to no treatment, physical therapy (exercise and/or electrotherapy) or usual care immediately or at short-term follow-up. Trials that applied sham-acupuncture tended towards statistically nonsignificant results. In several studies, acupuncture caused bleeding on the site of application, and manipulation and massage caused pain episodes of mild and transient nature. Conclusions. CAM treatments were significantly more efficacious than no treatment, placebo, physical therapy, or usual care in reducing pain immediately or at short-term after treatment. CAM therapies did not significantly reduce disability compared to sham. None of the CAM treatments was shown systematically as superior to one another. More efforts are needed to improve the conduct and reporting of studies of CAM treatments.
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau
Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain | 2012
Andrea D Furlan; Trish Dryden; Emma Irvin
Archive | 2014
Andrea D Furlan; Emma Irvin; Dwayne Van Eerd; Jaemin Kim; Nancy Carnide; Claire Munhall; Melanie Fortune; Quenby Mahood; Norman Buckley
Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain | 2012
Carlo Ammendolia; Andrea D Furlan; Emma Irvin; Maurits Van Tulder
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau
Archive | 2010
Andrea D Furlan; Fatemeh Yazdi; Alexander Tsertsvadze; Anita Gross; Maurits Van Tulder; Lina Santaguida; Dan Cherkin; Joel Gagnier; Carlo Ammendolia; Mohammed T Ansari; Thomas Ostermann; Trish Dryden; Steve Doucette; Becky Skidmore; Raymond Daniel; Sophia Tsouros; Laura Weeks; James Galipeau