A multidisciplinary back pain app yielded better outcomes than a combination of physiotherapy and online education for patients with low back pain, according to recently published results.

In a randomized controlled trial, researchers identified 101 patients with non-specific low back pain. They assigned 53 patients to use the Kaia app, a multidisciplinary mHealth back pain app for 3 months, while 48 patients received six physiotherapy sessions for 6 weeks and online education. At the 12-week follow-up, pain intensity was evaluated based on an 11-point numeric rating scale. Forty-two patients in the app group and 44 patients in the control group were analyzed per protocol for the analysis. At baseline, treatment groups were not significantly different, according to results from the per-protocol analysis.