Back pain app outperforms physiotherapy in clinical trial

‘Nationwide epidemic’

Adam Saville
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Users of Kaia App reported 'significantly lower pain intensity' compared to those who received physiotherapy sessions and online education

The back pain app Kaia has today claimed that it intends to end the nationwide epidemic of back pain in UK and EU offices. The announcement comes after an independent clinical trial published in NPJ Digital Medicine revealed recently that the app, developed by Kaia Health, was able to outperform physiotherapy and online education. For the trial, one hundred adult patients with non-specific lower back pain (LBP) from six weeks to one year were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The Kaia App was provided for three months to the intervention group, while contr...

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