Resumen de Lombatherm study news of an international randomized trial on low back pain
R. Forestier, N. Molinari, F.B. Erol Forestier, A. Françon
Background and rationale Chronic low back pain is a public health issue as much by the repercussions it has on the functional capacities of patients as by its economic and social cost.
A number of recommendations of good clinical practice had proposed the spa treatment in low back pain, mainly on the basis of studies carried out by the University of Nancy in the 90s. Despite their qualities, these ancient works have certain methodological limitations: absence of main criterion, analysis in intention to treat.
On the other hand, they used an immediate cure-deferred cure design that could overestimate the effect of the spa treatment. On the other hand, there is little or no study of the older populations that are usually frequented by spas.
