Efficacy and safety of thermobalancing therapy with Dr Allen’s Device for chronic low back pain: A randomised controlled trial

doi:10.5312/wjo.v14.i12.878

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 14, Issue 12

This Article

Academic Content and Language Evaluation of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

Total Article Views (3466)

All Articles published online

The chart showing PDF series, WORD series, HTML series, Figures (1-4) series, Tables (1-3) series.

Item

Count

PDF

WORD

HTML

1576

Figures (1-4)

245

Tables (1-3)

216

Sum=2126

Featured Article

The chart showing Browse series, Download series.

Item

Count

Browse

130

Download

439

Sum=569

Publishing Process of This Article

Item

Count

Browse

180

Download

491

Sum=671

Dec 18, 2023 (publication date) through Jan 4, 2025

Times Cited of This Article

Times Cited (0)

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Orthopedics

ISSN

2218-5836

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Randomized Controlled Trial

World J Orthop. Dec 18, 2023; 14(12): 878-888
Published online Dec 18, 2023. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v14.i12.878

Table 1 Patient characteristics and correlation analysis

Characteristic	Treatment group	Correlation coefficient (r)	Control group	Correlation coefficient (r)
Number of patients (n)	40		15
Age (mean ± SD)	42.2 ± 8.49	-0.1124^a; 0.099^b	38.06 ± 5.98	0.4919^a; 0.045^b
Gender (M:F)	18:22	0.2353^a; -0.08^b	11:4	0.1183^a; -0.34^b
NSLBP:LDH	1:1	-0.131^a; 0.126^b	7:8	0.1396^a; 0.172^b
NPRS – how would you rate your pain right now?	6.48 ± 1.63		8.07 ± 1.16
JOABPEQ – low back pain	8.9 ± 14.38		10.40 ± 12.66

^aCorrelation analysis with initial NPRS (How would you rate your pain right now?) score.

^bCorrelation analysis with initial JOABPEQ (Low back pain) score.

NSLBP: Non-specific low back pain; LDH: Lumbar disc herniation; NPRS: Numerical Pain Rating Scale; JOABPEQ: The Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire.

Citation: Allen S, Rashid A, Adjani A, Akram M, Khan FS, Sherwani R, Khalil MT. Efficacy and safety of thermobalancing therapy with Dr Allen’s Device for chronic low back pain: A randomised controlled trial. World J Orthop 2023; 14(12): 878-888
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v14/i12/878.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v14.i12.878