Treatment of Low Back Pain with a Digital Multidisciplinary Pain Treatment App: Short-Term Results.

Stephan Huber Janosch A Priebe Kaja-Maria Baumann Anne Plidschun Christine Schiessl Thomas R Tölle

Published in: JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies (2017)

This retrospective study showed that in a pre-selected population of app users, an app digitalizing multidisciplinary rehabilitation for the self-management of LBP reduced user-reported pain levels significantly. The observed effect size was clinically relevant. Ongoing prospective RCTs will adjust for potential bias and selection effects.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
combination therapy
replacement therapy
smoking cessation