Chiropractic and self-care for back-related leg pain design of a randomized clinical trial.docVIP

Schulzetal.ChiropracticManualTherapies2011,19:8 /content/19/1/8 CHIROPRACTIC MANUAL THERAPIES STUDY PROTOCOL OpenAccess Chiropracticandself-careforback-relatedleg pain:designofarandomizedclinicaltrial CraigASchulz1*,MariaAHondras2,RoniLEvans1,MarutiRGudavalli2,CynthiaRLong2,EdwardFOwens1, DavidGWilder3andGertBronfort1 Abstract Background:Back-relatedlegpain(BRLP)isacommonvariationoflowbackpain(LBP),withlifetimeprevalence estimatesashighas40%.Oftendisabling,BRLPaccountsforgreaterworkloss,recurrences,andhighercoststhan uncomplicatedLBPandmoreoftenleadstosurgerywithalifetimeincidenceof10%fort