The Nordic Maintenance Care Program:

Effectiveness of chiropractic maintenance care versus symptom-guided treatment for recurrent and persistent low

back pain – A pragmatic randomised controlled trail. 

This exciting study concluded that chiropractic maintenance care was more effective than symptom-guided

treatment in reducing the total number of days over 52 weeks with bothersome non-specific

LBP (lower back pain). It was suggested that for selected patients with recurrent or persistent

non-specific LBP who respond well to an initial course of chiropractic care, that maintenance chiropractic

care should be considered an option for prevention. 

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