Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study
AbstractIntroduction The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of the Mézières Method (MM) on pain and disability related to low back pain (LBP), compared to a program of heat, massage and exercise, and to understand the meaning of the bodily experience with the MM.Patients and meth...
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| author | Margareth Lorena Alfonso-Mora Miriam Guerra-Balic Ricardo Sánchez-Martín Zandra Pedraza-Gómez José Ramírez-Moreno Adriana Lucía Castellanos-Garrido Leidy Katerin Zambrano-Cristancho María Leonor Rengifo Varona |
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| description | AbstractIntroduction The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of the Mézières Method (MM) on pain and disability related to low back pain (LBP), compared to a program of heat, massage and exercise, and to understand the meaning of the bodily experience with the MM.Patients and methods Mixed methods convergent parallel design, combining an equivalent randomized clinical trial with a qualitative phenomenological approach. Sixty-one participants aged 18–65 years with chronic non-specific LBP lasting more than 3 months. Patients were randomized into two groups: the MM group (n = 29) and the comparison group (CG) who received heat, massage plus flexibility and strengthening exercises (n = 31). MM and CG participants underwent 10 one-hour physical therapy sessions over a 5-week period and were evaluated three times: pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up at 6 weeks after the end of treatment.Results Both groups reported positive effects on LBP . MM group showed superior effects in pain relief in the short term (Cohen’s D 0.80; p = 0.004). Participants interpreted the interaction with the MM as a teaching–learning process that allowed body awareness.Conclusion Both treatment were similarly beneficial but MM had superior effects on pain in the short term. MM is perceived by the participants as a teaching–learning process focused on body awareness that facilitate effective management of LBP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58113d4b3aae4bb6ae8262c3755cb36b2024-02-20T11:58:24ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Medicine0785-38901365-20602023-12-0155210.1080/07853890.2023.2265379Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed studyMargareth Lorena Alfonso-Mora0Miriam Guerra-Balic1Ricardo Sánchez-Martín2Zandra Pedraza-Gómez3José Ramírez-Moreno4Adriana Lucía Castellanos-Garrido5Leidy Katerin Zambrano-Cristancho6María Leonor Rengifo Varona7Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, ColombiaBlanquerna School of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, SpainBlanquerna School of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, SpainUniversidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaInternational University of Catalonia, Barcelona, SpainUniversidad de La Sabana, Chía, ColombiaUniversidad de La Sabana, Chía, ColombiaClínica Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, ColombiaAbstractIntroduction The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of the Mézières Method (MM) on pain and disability related to low back pain (LBP), compared to a program of heat, massage and exercise, and to understand the meaning of the bodily experience with the MM.Patients and methods Mixed methods convergent parallel design, combining an equivalent randomized clinical trial with a qualitative phenomenological approach. Sixty-one participants aged 18–65 years with chronic non-specific LBP lasting more than 3 months. Patients were randomized into two groups: the MM group (n = 29) and the comparison group (CG) who received heat, massage plus flexibility and strengthening exercises (n = 31). MM and CG participants underwent 10 one-hour physical therapy sessions over a 5-week period and were evaluated three times: pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up at 6 weeks after the end of treatment.Results Both groups reported positive effects on LBP . MM group showed superior effects in pain relief in the short term (Cohen’s D 0.80; p = 0.004). Participants interpreted the interaction with the MM as a teaching–learning process that allowed body awareness.Conclusion Both treatment were similarly beneficial but MM had superior effects on pain in the short term. MM is perceived by the participants as a teaching–learning process focused on body awareness that facilitate effective management of LBP.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2023.2265379Low back painphysiotherapyMézières Methodmixed studypractices of embodiment |
| spellingShingle | Margareth Lorena Alfonso-Mora Miriam Guerra-Balic Ricardo Sánchez-Martín Zandra Pedraza-Gómez José Ramírez-Moreno Adriana Lucía Castellanos-Garrido Leidy Katerin Zambrano-Cristancho María Leonor Rengifo Varona Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study Annals of Medicine Low back pain physiotherapy Mézières Method mixed study practices of embodiment |
| title | Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study |
| title_full | Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study |
| title_fullStr | Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study |
| title_short | Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study |
| title_sort | mezieres method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain a mixed study |
| topic | Low back pain physiotherapy Mézières Method mixed study practices of embodiment |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2023.2265379 |
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