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SUBMITTER: Nguyen C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738382 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20171220 1
We aimed to determine whether a 5-day intensive inpatient spa and exercise therapy and educational program is more effective than usual care in improving the rate of returning to work at 1 year for patients with subacute and chronic low back pain (LBP) on sick leave for 4 to 24 weeks. We conducted a 12-month randomized controlled trial. LBP patients were assigned to 5-day spa (2 hr/day), exercise (30 min/day) and education (45 min/day) or to usual care. The primary outcome was the percentage of ...[more]