|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|||
| Your Location: Home > Volume 17, Issue 3 | |||||
|
CURRENT ISSUE
BACK ISSUES SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE ABOUT JCEHP FOR AUTHORS JCEHP AWARD SEARCH |
Volume 17 (3)
Volume 17, Issue 3, Summer 1997 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1997; 17(3):148-158
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Peter Curtis, MD Paul Evans, DO Mike Rowane, DO Timothy Carey, MD Anne Jackman, MSW A b s t r a c t Recent national reports and guidelines support the value of manual therapy for acute mechanical low back pain. As part of a randomized trial of the management of acute low back pain, a training course in simple manual therapy was developed and implemented. The course, consisting of two sequential 1-day workshops, was developed for family physicians and internists with no prior training in manual therapy. Before and after the course, participants were surveyed on their attitudes and ability to manage low back pain. All participants (33) subsequently used manual therapy in their practices. Most were male (76%), Caucasian (88%), and 21% were in solo practice. Confidence in preparedness to manage low back pain rose from 15% to 70% and perceptions of having effective therapeutic skills rose from 39% to 58%. Busy clinicians can learn and implement simple manual therapy into their practices. The success of the course was built on structured learning with feedback on practical skills. Keywords: Low Back Pain; Manual Therapy; Training |
|
|
JCEHP.com & The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions All rights reserved Disclaimer · About This Site · Web Editor · Make JCEHP Your Homepage Information on this site was last updated: 28 October 2008 |
||