The investigation of the patients who apply with the cause of chronic low back pain to the chiropractic clinic

In this cross-sectional study, it was planned to examine the relationship between age, gender, daily life activity habits, clinical examination findings and treatment sessions number of the patients with chronic low back pain who applied for chiropractic treatment. After examination of the patient files, who were treated at Private Clinic between January 2010 and December 2017, 408 patients’ data were accepted into study. Patients; demographic characteristics, physical examination findings and imaging results were examined. Age, gender, sedentary time (sitting), activity level, stress level, pain duration, spinal dysfunction segments and treatment number were included. Patients’ mean age was 43.1 ± 12.6 years, 205 were male (50.2%) and 203 (49.8%) were female. When the total number of received treatment sessions were examined, the average for all patients was 3.5±2.9. The number of treatments were significantly higher in the groups with pain duration of 6-10 years and 11 years and above, compared to the group with 0-5 years of pain (p = 0.009). There was a significant difference between the patients' pain duration and number of treatment sessions. However, there was no significant difference in age, gender, daily life activity habits, clinical examination findings and number of treatment sessions in our study.