Naprapathy versus orthopaedic standard care for common musculoskeletal disorders : an 8-year follow-up of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Sweden
Background: Musculoskeletal pain is among the most common reasons for seeking care, specialist competence for its treatment in primary care limited and waiting lists for orthopaedics often amongst the longest. Many referrals to orthopaedics do not concern disorders that benefit from surgery. Manual therapy is effective, yet not integrated in national health care systems, and there is a lack of res