Traction
Does traction work?
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Traction is effective in providing temporary pain relief in the early stages of treatment after trauma. For long-term (chronic) conditions,there's little scientific evidence to support the use of traction.
Skin or skeletal traction was often routinely applied to the limb of a fractured hip before surgery. However, recent research has shown this appears to have little or no benefit.
There's alsolittle evidence to show traction is an effective method of treating spinal conditions such as:
Several studies have either produced inconclusive results or concluded that there aremore effective methods oftreating these conditions, such as exercise and physiotherapy .
Although skin and skeletal tractionmay be used to treat certaintypes of fracture, traction isn't usually needed for minor fractures.
