Can Your Bed Influence Your Back Pain?
Reference: Spine. 2008;33(7):703-708.
Study Design: A randomized/stratified, single-blinded, parallel-group study.
Objective: To evaluate 3 structurally different mattresses relative influence on patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).
Summary of Background Data: In several advertisements, it is proclaimed that certain mattresses have a positive effect on LBP, and especially a hard mattress is commonly believed to have a positive effect.
Methods: One hundred sixty CLBP patients were randomized to 1 of 3 groups, having a mattress/bed mounted in their sleeping room for 1 month. The beds were: (1) waterbed (Akva), (2) body-conforming foam mattress (Tempur), and (3) a hard mattress (Innovation Futon). At baseline and after 4 weeks, a blinded observer interviewed the patients on LBP levels (0-10), daily function (activities of daily living, 0-30), and on the amount of sleeping hours/night.
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