Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Chiropractic vs. Traditional Care for Spinal Stenosis

16 Apr 2020 · 1 min

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A short YouTube research commentary by Dr. Jeff Langmaid summarizing a randomized clinical trial titled "A Comparative Clinical Effectiveness of Non Surgical Treatment Methods in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis." The speaker explains the trial ran over three years with hundreds of participants allocated to three arms (traditional medical care; group exercise; specific exercise plus spinal manipulation) and reports that after two months the specific-exercise-plus-spinal-manipulation group showed greater improvements in functional activity and walking capacity versus the other groups. The video ends with a recommendation to share conservative-care options with patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis.

Questions this video answers

A Comparative Clinical Effectiveness of Non Surgical Treatment Methods in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Over three years.

Three groups: traditional medical care; group exercise; specific exercise plus spinal manipulation.

After two months.

The specific exercise plus spinal manipulation group showed greater improvement in functional activity and increased walking capacity compared to the other groups.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Jeff Langmaid with youh Research Minute.
If you've ever seen a patient with.
Lumbar spinal stenosis, they might have asked you what is my best course of care? Is it stretches, exercise and chiropractic? Is it simply stretches and exercises or is it medical care? This paper looked to answer that specific question. It's titled A Comparative Clinical Effectiveness of Non Surgical Treatment Methods in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. A randomized clinical trial, this study took over three years and hundreds of individuals and allocated them towards three separate groups. Those those who received traditional medical care, those who received group exercise, and those who received specific exercise in addition to spinal manipulation. And what they found is after two months time, those individuals who had specific exercises as well as spinal manipulation had an improvement in functional activity as well as increased walking capacity when compared to the other groups. So if you have any patients in your community that.
Are suffering from spinal.
Stenosis and I think they are out.
There, you, you're gonna wanna be sure.
To share this information with them and make sure you see if you can take care of them conservatively. My name is Dr. Jeff Langmaid. I'll see you next week for another research minute.
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