Status:
UNKNOWN
Manual and Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Samueli Institute for Information Biology
Collaborating Sponsors:
Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR)
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-35 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The specific aims of this research project are to determine feasibility of, and the comparative treatment effect size for, conducting a larger clinical trial of Manual/Manipulative Therapy (M/MT) in r...
Detailed Description
Musculoskeletal injuries are among the highest frequency injuries in military personnel(1). These may result from training exercises, normal job duties, or recreational activities (2). Such injuries m...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Active Duty
- Aged 18-35
- New episode of low back pain (LBP) or a reoccurence of a past episode of low back pain
Exclusion
- LBP from other somatic tissues as determined by history, examination, and course (i.e. pain referred from visceral conditions)
- Radicular pain worse than back pain
- Co-morbid pathology or poor health conditions that may directly impact spinal pain. Patients who have case histories and physical examination findings indicating other than average health will be excluded from the study
- Bone and joint pathology contraindicating patient for M/MT. Patients with spinal fracture, tumors, infections, inflammatory arthropathies and significant osteoporosis will be referred for appropriate care and will be excluded from the study
- Other contraindications for M/MT of the lumbar spine and pelvis (i.e. bleeding disorders or anticoagulant therapy)
- Pregnancy (all potential female participants will undergo pregnancy testing)
- Use of manipulative care for any reason within the past month
- Unable to follow course of care for four weeks
- Unable to give informed consent for any reason
- Unable to confirm that they will not be deployed during the course of the study: "Will you be deployed, receiving orders for a distant temporary active duty assignment, attending training at a distant sight, or otherwise absent from Ft. Bliss over the next 6 weeks?"
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00632060
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
March 10 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM) at William Beaumont Army Medical Center; Soldier Family Medical Clinic (SFMC) at Ft. Bliss, TX
El Paso, Texas, United States, 79920