Shiatsu for chronic lower back pain: Randomized controlled study

Although Shiatsu, a kind of complementary alternative medicine, was developed in Japan and is practiced around the world, no experimental studies on Shiatsu have been conducted. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of Shiatsu therapy for chronic lower back pain. We conducted a prospective, randomized, open, blinded-endpoint design study at St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan from 2015 to 2017. Patients with lower back...