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RESEARCH STUDIES
Comparing the outcomes of Egoscue therapy & traditional medical care.
EGOSCUE EFFECTIVENESS VALIDATED BY RESEARCHERS AT TOP UNIVERSITIES
From 2017-2021, Egoscue participated in a multi-year study conducted by researchers at Harvard and Stanford comparing the outcomes of Egoscue therapy and traditional medical care. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in December 2022.
WHO?
1792 Women & 1179 Men over the age of 18 with neck and/or back pain for under 3 months duration.
Mean age = 51.7*
WHERE?
33 CLINICS
Across the United States
GROUP 1
EGOSCUE
Personalized daily exercise program to improve posture control, muscle balance, spine and joint alignment, and coordination.
Participants Randomly Assigned*
GROUP 2
TRADITIONAL
Traditional medical care including physical therapy and non-prescription medication.
Participants Randomly Assigned*
Egoscue participants had 47% greater pain reduction at 3 months and 77% greater pain reduction at 12 months when compared to traditional medical care. In addition, Egoscue participants had:
3x greater improvement in self efficacy compared to traditional medical care
2.5x greater improvement in quality of life compared to traditional medical care
The study also tracked health care utilization over 12 months. Egoscue participants required less of all of the following health care resources compared to those who were treated with traditional medical care.
Decrease Medication Use
Decrease Physician Visits
Decrease Diagnostic Testing
Decrease Procedures
Decrease Hospital Days
Decrease ER Visits
*Choudhry NK, Fifer S, Fontanet CP, et al. Effect of a Biopsychosocial Intervention or Postural Therapy on Disability and Health Care Spending Among Patients With Acute and Subacute Spine Pain: The SPINE CARE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022;328(23):2334–2344. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.22625. The study included a third arm, comparing a multi-disciplinary approach combining physical therapy and health counseling to traditional medical care. This approach was not compared to Egoscue in the study and is not included here.
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