Motor control exercises (MCEs) may help reduce pain and disability caused by chronic lower back pain (LBP), but so may other exercise interventions, a new literature review suggests. "Targeting the ...

Motor control exercises, when performed in conjunction with other forms of therapy, can significantly reduce pain and disability in patients with persistent low back pain, according to a new ...

Last month, I posted a case from my own practice to highlight issues of pain management in primary care. To recap: The patient was a 50-year-old construction laborer with new-onset low back pain ...

The results of a Cochrane systematic review confirm those of previous smaller meta-analyses suggesting that motor control exercise (which focuses on activating and thereby restoring the coordination ...

A new review shows that targeting exercises to muscles that support and control the spine offers another strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain. A new Cochrane Review ...

Exercises for specific muscles that stabilize the spine may help reduce the misery of chronic lower back pain, a research review suggests. The review of 14 clinical trials found that "motor control ...

Objective To compare the short-term, mid-term and long-term effects between three interventions (education only, education and strengthening exercises, education and motor control exercises) for ...

Background The high prevalence of non-specific low back pain and its correlation with the findings in the lumbar multifidus muscles (electromyography activity, morphology and thickness) and good ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, January 28, 2009 – Motor control exercises, when performed in conjunction with other forms of therapy, can significantly reduce pain and disability in patients with persistent low back ...