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Article: Data from T. Sundberg and colleagues advance knowledge in neck pain.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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According to a study from Huddinge, Sweden, "A model for integrative medicine (IM) adapted to Swedish primary care was previously developed. The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of a pragmatic randomised clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of the IM model versus conventional primary care in the management of patients with non-specific back/neck pain."
"Specific objectives included the exploration of recruitment and retention rates, patient and care characteristics, clinical differences and effect sizes between groups, selected outcome measures and power calculations to inform the basis of a full-scale trial. Eighty patients with ...