A Preliminary Study of the Objective Measurement of Compliance Rates for Semirigid Lumbar-Support Use in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: How Important Is the Compliance Rate?

Maryam Hekmatfard Mohammad Ali Sanjari Nader Maroufi Hassan Saeedi Ismail Ebrahimi-Takamjani Hamid Behtash

Published in: Asian spine journal (2017)

The compliance rate of patients wearing lumbar supports is a determining factor in chronic low back pain management. Wearing semirigid lumbar supports, as advised, was associated with decreased pain intensity, improved disability index scores, and improved fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.

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