Studies

Based on 43 randomized controlled trials involving patients with chronic back pain, the Cochrane Group* published the following recommendation:

Successful therapy for chronic back pain should reduce pain and improve function. The treatment should include the following elements:

1. Completion of an individually designed programme under supervision
2. Stretching exercises
3. Strengthening exercises

Medical Strengthening Therapy (MST) satisfies all three requirements. MST is a diagnostic procedure and treatment that uses strictly scientific criteria to identify functional deficits in individual muscles and works with standard, scientifically based therapy protocols that are both success-oriented and objective.

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_{*The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of scientists and doctors guided by the principles of evidence-based medicine. Its main objective is to improve the scientific basis for decision-making by health-care systems and to this end compiles, updates and disseminates systematic reviews that evaluate treatments.}