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A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review

Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. It significantly impacts the patient’s quality of life, limits their daily living activities, and reduces their work productivity. To reduce the burden of LBP, several pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options are available. This...

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Autores principales: Freiwald, Jürgen, Magni, Alberto, Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo, Paulino, Ema, Sequeira de Medeiros, Luís, Moretti, Biagio, Schleip, Robert, Solarino, Giuseppe
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11080780
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author Freiwald, Jürgen
Magni, Alberto
Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo
Paulino, Ema
Sequeira de Medeiros, Luís
Moretti, Biagio
Schleip, Robert
Solarino, Giuseppe
author_facet Freiwald, Jürgen
Magni, Alberto
Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo
Paulino, Ema
Sequeira de Medeiros, Luís
Moretti, Biagio
Schleip, Robert
Solarino, Giuseppe
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description Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. It significantly impacts the patient’s quality of life, limits their daily living activities, and reduces their work productivity. To reduce the burden of LBP, several pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options are available. This review summarizes the role of superficial heat therapy in the management of non-specific mild-to-moderate LBP. First, we outline the common causes of LBP, then discuss the general mechanisms of heat therapy on (LBP), and finally review the published evidence regarding the impact of superficial heat therapy in patients with acute or chronic non-specific LBP. This review demonstrates that continuous, low-level heat therapy provides pain relief, improves muscular strength, and increases flexibility. Therefore, this effective, safe, easy-to-use, and cost-effective non-pharmacological pain relief option is relevant for the management of non-specific mild or moderate low back pain in current clinical practice.
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spelling pubmed-84016252021-08-29 A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review Freiwald, Jürgen Magni, Alberto Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo Paulino, Ema Sequeira de Medeiros, Luís Moretti, Biagio Schleip, Robert Solarino, Giuseppe Life (Basel) Review Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. It significantly impacts the patient’s quality of life, limits their daily living activities, and reduces their work productivity. To reduce the burden of LBP, several pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options are available. This review summarizes the role of superficial heat therapy in the management of non-specific mild-to-moderate LBP. First, we outline the common causes of LBP, then discuss the general mechanisms of heat therapy on (LBP), and finally review the published evidence regarding the impact of superficial heat therapy in patients with acute or chronic non-specific LBP. This review demonstrates that continuous, low-level heat therapy provides pain relief, improves muscular strength, and increases flexibility. Therefore, this effective, safe, easy-to-use, and cost-effective non-pharmacological pain relief option is relevant for the management of non-specific mild or moderate low back pain in current clinical practice. MDPI 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8401625/ /pubmed/34440524 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11080780 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Freiwald, Jürgen
Magni, Alberto
Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo
Paulino, Ema
Sequeira de Medeiros, Luís
Moretti, Biagio
Schleip, Robert
Solarino, Giuseppe
A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title_full A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title_fullStr A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title_full_unstemmed A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title_short A Role for Superficial Heat Therapy in the Management of Non-Specific, Mild-to-Moderate Low Back Pain in Current Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review
title_sort role for superficial heat therapy in the management of non-specific, mild-to-moderate low back pain in current clinical practice: a narrative review
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11080780
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