Status:
COMPLETED
Immediate Effects of a Spinal Lumbar Manipulation
Lead Sponsor:
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Non-specific low back pain is defined as a pain with no specific vertebral-related cause, such as infectious disease, tumor, osteoporosis, fracture, structural abnormality, inflammatory disease, radic...
Detailed Description
Mean and standard deviation are calculated for each variable of postural control, as well as the values obtained in the measurement of pain using the numeric pain rating scale and algometry data. t-t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- recurrent low back pain in the last three months;
- medical diagnosis of non-specific low back pain, daily or almost daily;
- subjects that will present at least four variables which encompass the clinical prediction rule: symptoms duration less than 16 days, Fear Avoidance-Beliefs Questionnaire score lower than 19 in the work subscale, segmental lumbar hypermobility test in prone decubitus, internal hip rotation higher than 35 degrees and symptoms that don't pass the knee.
Exclusion
- subjects presenting symptoms that pass the knee;
- impairment of neurologic signs like sensibility, muscle force and deep tendon reflex;
- a prior history of spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, inflammatory disease, cancer, musculoskeletal degenerative disease, pregnancy, disease and drugs that impairment the balance;
- subjects who received a HVLA manipulation of the lumbar spine at least three months earlier;
- will be excluded women older than 50 years, that don't will present a bone mineral density exam.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
24 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02312778
Start Date
January 1 2015
End Date
May 1 2015
Last Update
May 22 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90690-200