PERCEPTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NON-SPECIFIC CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN AFTER A CHIROPRACTIC SESSION: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Chronic low back pain is a condition that affects people all over the world and ends up being a major public health problem. Low back pain, in its majority presents itself in the nonspecific way, this culminates in a great search for treatments for the relief of these pains. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the perception of individuals with low back pain after a chiropractic session. To carry out the research was used a qualitative approach, using the interview technique after chiropractic adjustment for data collection, the analysis was performed with the support of the text encoding software, Nvivo. At the end of the research it was found that pain relief and improvement in range of motion can be perceived effects after the session and that this perception of effects may be influenced by the patient's expectation regarding the session.