A randomized controlled trial of the effects of muscle stretching, manual therapy and steroid injections in addition to 'stay active' care on health-related quality of life in acute or subacute low back pain.

Objective: To evaluate the health-related quality of life effects of muscle stretching, manual therapy and steroid injections in addition to 'stay active' care in acute or subacute low back pain patients.

Study Design: A randomized, controlled trial during 10 weeks with four treatment groups.

Setting: Nine primary health care and one outpatient orthopaedic hospital department.

A randomized controlled clinical trial of stay-active care versus manual therapy in addition to stay-active care: functional variables and pain.

Objectives: To compare the effect of manual therapy in addition to the stay-active concept versus the stay-active concept only in low back pain patients.

Study Design: A randomized, controlled trial during 10 weeks.

Methods: One hundred sixty outpatients with acute or subacute low back pain were recruited from a geographically defined area.