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Osteopathic treatment versus physiotherapy for chronic low back pain in rural Cameroon: A pilot exploratory study investigating the "unique practitioner syndrome

2025-09-30

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Chronic low back pain (CLBP) affects 14–72% of African populations with limited evidence for osteopathic interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. This pilot study explored preliminary effectiveness signals of osteopathic care compared to physiotherapy in rural Cameroon, while investigating healthcare centralization patterns around rare practitioners in resource-limited settings....

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Literature Corpus work: 956070bb-5342-5f47-a8d0-2a4ee3b7678d
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7736088/v1

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