Status:

UNKNOWN

A Comparative Study: Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression and Spinal Manipulative Therapy- Utilizing a Quantifiable Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Risk Analysis Tool (MSDR®) in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

MedAppraise, Inc.

Conditions:

Chronic Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

To administer the MSDR® (Musculoskeletal Disorder Reporting) instrument to document the musculoskeletal profile of patients with chronic low back pain, a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter treat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Must have Informed Consent Signed
  • Lumbar Disc Herniations under 5mm without Sequestered Fragments
  • Lumbar Disc Bulging
  • Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease (mild and moderate severity)
  • Non-pregnant Females and Males suffering from Chronic Low Back Pain from 18 to 65 years of age
  • Segmental Dysfunction Secondary to Dyskinesia
  • Unresolved Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
  • Patients must be able to comply with study protocol
  • Joint Fixation Syndrome
  • Premenopausal Female Patients, excluding patients who have undergone a hysterectomy, oophorectomy, or tubal ligation, must have one of the following methods of contraception and must have a negative serum or urine b-HCG pregnancy test performed within 48 hours before initiating protocol specified treatment.

Exclusion

  • Contraindications to Spinal Manipulative Therapy
  • Lumbar Canal Stenosis resulting in significant neurological comprimise
  • Any Spinal Cord Compression resulting in significant neurological comprimise
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Infection
  • Osteomyelitis
  • \>65 years of age
  • History of Back or Neck Surgery
  • Acute Arthritis
  • Signs or Symptoms of Arterial Aneurysm
  • History of Active Cancer with Bone Metastasis
  • Widespread Staphyloccal and/or Strepococcal Infection
  • Acute Gout
  • Serious unstable medical illness such as cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, or psychiatric.
  • Unstable Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis, or Spondylolysis
  • Prior adverse experience with Spinal Manipulation Therapy
  • Uncontrolled Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Gonorreal Spinal Arthritis
  • Tuberculosis to the Bone
  • Maligancy with Metatasis to Bone
  • Excessive Spinal Osteoporosis
  • Osteomalacia
  • Ankylosis
  • Syphlitic Articular or Peri-Articular Lesions
  • Active Low Back Injury Resulting from a Motor Vehicle Accident or Work Related Injury

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00732394

Start Date

August 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

August 12 2008

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Back2Life of Florida, Inc.

Clearwater, Florida, United States, 33761