Spinal decompression system shows positive results
A new study has suggested that a new technique using spinal decompression is effective at treating chronic lower back pain.
Researchers published their findings in the journal Pain Practice.
The team tested the effectiveness of a spinal decompression DRX9000 machine, designed to provide pain relief for compressive and degenerative injuries of the spine.
In the trial, 94 people who had suffered from acute lower back pain for an average of 535 weeks were offered regular treatment on the machine.
After the final session, patients reported a significant decrease in pain intensity. Follow up sessions also revealed that patients found they used analgesics less and that they had enjoyed improvement in activities of daily living.
Follow up sessions 31 weeks after treatment showed an average of 83 per cent improvement in back pain.
The authors warned that variations between different spinal decompression systems meant that patients could experience "differing physical responses to therapy, so studies of one type of apparatus should not readily be applied across all machines".
An Arthritis Research Campaign spokesman said: "Surgery to relieve spinal compression has mixed results, so it will be interesting to see if this machine becomes available in the UK."
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