Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP) using outcome measures for low back pain. Among patients who visited Takeyachi clinic in 2005,50 samples (13males and 37 females with the average age of 48.6 years old) who has experienced chronic LBP, were examined. At the two points, initial pretreatment and the last obsereved point, severity of LBP was measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS) and low back pain related disability was evaluated by Roland-Morris disability Questionnarire (RDQ). Moreover severity of low back pain related disability was assessed. At the result, both VAS and RDQ scores of LBP showed significant improvement with treatment. Severity of low back pain related disability also showed improvement. This result may lead the effectiveness of the chiropractic treatment of chronic LBP. Further research based on a case control study will be required to prove its effectiveness.
