Kaia app for back pain launches in UK

Adam Saville
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Artificial intelligence app reduces lower back pain by 40%, clinical studies show

Kaia, an artificial intelligence (AI) smart phone app designed to reduce lower back pain (LBP), is now available in the UK. Developed by Kaia Health in Germany in conjunction with physiotherapists, pain management physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and clinical psychologists, Kaia can reduce LBP by 40% (well above the clinical threshold of pain improvement), according to studies conducted by Technical University of Munich and University of Munich. Studies also show a 40% long-term retention of users for six months with the mean usage over this period being 3.2 times a week. The app offe...

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