List of Journal Articles

Welcome! Here you will find a list of journal articles regarding the effectiveness of traction for back pain. In the articles linked below you will find a wealth of information from reputable sources that will help you understand the benefits and limitations of this treatment option.

Links to articles in infographic:

1. Effect of Lumbar Traction on Discogenic Low Back Pain Using Variable Forces (2022). Link: https://doi.org/10.47391/jpma.453
2. Intermittent Traction Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain (2021). Link: https://doi.org/10.17392/1252-21
3. Effectiveness of Mechanical Traction for Lumbar Radiculopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021).
   Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa231
4. Effects of patient-specific three-dimensional lumbar traction on pain and functional disability in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse (2020). Link: https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_285_19
5. Functional Changes in Patients and Morphological Changes in the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc after Applying Lordotic Curve-Controlled Traction: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study (2019).
   Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56010004
6. The Effect of Mechanical Traction on Low Back Pain in Patients with Herniated Intervertebral Disks: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis (2019). Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215519872528

1. Effects of Non-surgical Decompression Therapy in Addition to Routine Physical Therapy on Pain, Range of Motion, Endurance, Functional Disability and Quality of Life versus Routine Physical Therapy alone in Patients with Lumbar Radiculopathy; a Randomized Controlled Trial (2022).

   Conclusion: A combination of non-surgical spinal decompression therapy with routine physical therapy is more effective, statistically and clinically, than routine physical therapy alone in terms of improving pain, lumbar range of motion, back muscle endurance, functional disability, and physical role domain of quality of life, in patients with lumbar radiculopathy, following 4 weeks of treatment.

   Link: https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-022-05196-x

2. The Impact of Manual Spinal Traction Therapy on the Pain and Oswestry Disability Index of Patients with Chronic Back Pain (2018).

   Conclusion: The manual spinal traction therapy was an effective intervention scheme for the treatment of pain and disorder in patients with chronic back pain.

   Link: https://doi.org/10.1589/jpts.30.1455

3. Comparison of 3 physical therapy modalities for acute pain in lumbar disc herniation measured by clinical evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging (2008).

   Conclusion: This study showed that traction, ultrasound, and LPL therapies were all effective in the treatment of this group of patients with acute LDH. These results suggest that conservative measures such as traction, laser, and ultrasound treatments might have an important role in the treatment of acute LDH.

   Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.02.001

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