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Enhanced therapeutic alliance plays an important role in pain relief in cLBP patients

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June 2014

Enhanced therapeutic alliance plays an important role in pain relief in cLBP patients

Vol: 3| Issue: 6| Number:93| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Enhanced therapeutic alliance modulates pain intensity and muscle pain sensitivity in patients with chronic low back pain: an experimental controlled study

Phys Ther. 2014 Apr;94(4):477-89. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20130118. Epub 2013 Dec 5

Contributing Authors:
J Fuentes S Armijo-Olivo M Funabashi M Miciak B Dick S Warren S Rashiq DJ Magee DP Gross

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117 patients with non-specific chronic low back pain were randomized to receive either active or sham interferential current therapy (IFC) with either limited or enhanced therapeutic alliance (TA). The purpose of this study was to determine the immediate role of TA in relieving pain in these patients. Results indicated that active IFC with enhanced TA yielded the greatest statistically-significant...

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