Kholoud Abdulaziz AL-Homoud
Convalescent Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Title: Effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low-back pain
Biography:
Kholoud ALHomoud has completed her MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics :Spinal from university of Salford, UK. she is Senior physiotherapist and the director of Health education department at Convalescents Hospital, KSA, Riyadh. She has First Author of Systematic review in the Effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low-back pain and CO-Investigator in clinical research (Sacral Neuromodulation single centre experience) in King Fahad Medical City. she has a Member in Spine Society of Europe, Saudi spine society and Saudi Physical Therapy Association
Abstract:
Background: Many treatments exist for low-back pain (LBP). These include spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), which is a universal and widely practiced intervention.
Objective: To evaluate SMT effectiveness upon an individual’s pain, and the functional status on long-term.
Study Design: Systematic review.
Methods: Search of multiple databases from June 2009 up to June 2017 for Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) studies. Two reviewers employed the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for evaluation of bias probability in independent rating of the selected studies.