Day Hospital Concepts for the Management of Chronic Back Pain
A Winkelmann, M Weigl, D Irnich, S Azad, G Stucki · Physikalische Medizin Rehabilitationsmedizin Kurortmedizin · 2006 · Heft 10
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Aim: Low back pain is usually a self-limiting condition that tends to improve spontaneously over time. However, for many people, back pain becomes a chronic or recurrent problem for which a large variety of therapeutic interventions are employed. Pharmacotherapy, physical therapy, psychosocial intervention and procedural interventions are central elements of treatment. Maximal clinical benefit is often attained through the combination of pharmacotherapy with physical therapy, but also methods including acupuncture, massage, cognitive behavioural therapy and psychoeducational interventions [Grabois 2005]. Multidi…