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A Double-Blind Study of Topical Massage with Rado-Salil® Ointment in Mechanical Low-Back Pain

1987; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/030006058701500304

1473-2300

Francis Ginsberg, Jean Pierre Famaey,

Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment

Forty patients with acute mechanical low-back pain were treated in a double-blind manner with either Rado-Salil or placebo for 14 days. Statistically significant improvements in spontaneous pain, muscular contracture and in both the patient's and physician's opinions occurred by day 3. These improvements persisted at day 14 and, in addition, there were statistically significant improvements in the finger-floor distance and the degree of lumbar extension. Treatment with Rado-Salil also allowed significant reduction in the use of oral analgesics. Only a few localized transient side-effects, requiring no specific treatment, were observed.