Research
The research behind non-surgical spinal decompression.
Non-surgical decompression and traction have been studied for more than 50 years. These are the studies Dr. Lee points patients to.
Vertebral axial decompression therapy for pain associated with herniated or degenerated discs or facet syndrome: an outcome study
Gose, Naguszewski and Naguszewski · Neurological Research, 1998
778 patients treated at 22 medical centers.
Computed tomographic investigation of the effect of traction on lumbar disc herniations
Onel and others · Spine, 1989
30 patients scanned during traction to see what happens to the herniation.
Nonoperative treatment of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc with radiculopathy: an outcome study
Saal and Saal · Spine, 1989
58 patients treated with a non-surgical program that included traction.
The natural history of herniated nucleus pulposus with radiculopathy
Komori and others · Spine, 1996
77 patients followed with MRI before and after non-surgical care.
Simple pelvic traction gives inconsistent relief to herniated lumbar disc sufferers
Eyerman · Journal of Neuroimaging, 1998
Compared simple traction with a decompression table system.
Reducibility of cervical disk herniation: evaluation at MR imaging during cervical traction with a nonmagnetic traction device
Chung and others · Radiology, 2002
Neck disc herniations imaged by MRI during traction.
Systematic literature review of spinal decompression via motorized traction for chronic discogenic low back pain
Macario and Pergolizzi · Pain Practice, 2006
A review of the published studies on decompression tables.
Restoration of disk height through non-surgical spinal decompression is associated with decreased discogenic low back pain
Apfel and others · BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2010
Measured disc height on scans before and after decompression.
Prospective evaluation of the efficacy of spinal decompression via the DRX9000 for chronic low back pain
Leslie and others · Journal of Medicine, 2008
Followed patients through a decompression program.
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