Trial reportAnnals of medicine2023
Mézières Method as a practice of embodiment in patients with low back pain: a mixed study.
Trial report in Annals of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patients' experiences and perceived outcomes of manual therapy: a qualitative systematic review with framework synthesis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- A Quasi-Experimental Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Kinesiologic Approach-The Canali Postural Method-To Posture Reprogramming for Non-Specific Low Back Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Trunk Mobility in Spanish High-Level National Rhythmic Gymnastics Athletes with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Mézières Method and Isostretching Postures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionThe 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
methodsMixed 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 (
resultsBoth groups reported positive effects on LBP . MM group showed superior effects in pain relief in the short term (Cohen's
conclusionBoth 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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