Comparison of Activator Manipulation Versus Manual Side Posture Manipulation in Patients With Low Back Pain

NCT00497861 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MPMFMA1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study compared the treatment effect of Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique (AMCT) and manual Diversified type spinal manipulative therapy in a sample of patients with acute and sub-acute low back pain.

Conditions

Back Pain

Keywords

Low back pain; Chiropractic; Spinal manipulation; Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Revised Oswestry

  December 2008

Interventions

Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being 18 years or older;
• Having current acute or sub-acute low back pain defined as pain that has not lasted more than 16 weeks;
• Minimum score of 30mm on a 100mm visual analog pain scale.

You may not qualify if:

• Have any of six possible un underlying causes of low back symptoms in their history (spinal osteomyletisosteomyelitis, spinal fracture, herniated disc, ankylosing spondylitis, cauda equina syndrome, or cancer, excluding nonmalignant skin cancer);
• Have undergone surgery involving the low back; (
• Have received workers'compensation benefits within the preceding year or were potentially involved in litigation relating to back problems;
• Pregnancy, because of possible need for exposure to diagnostic x-rays;
• Have participated as a subject in research previously at the trial clinic site;
• Have received spinal manipulation within the preceding 3 months or on more than three occasions during the preceding year.
• Subjects with sciatica were excluded if they had any one of the following:
• Ankle dorsiflexion / plantar flexion weakness;
• Great toe extensor weakness;
• Absence of knee or ankle reflexes;
• Loss of light touch sensation in the medial, dorsal, and lateral aspects of the foot;
• Ipsilateral straight-leg-raising test (positive result: leg pain at \<60°);
• Crossed straight-leg-raising test (positive result: reproduction of contralateral pain).
• These six neurologic tests allow detection of most clinically significant nerve root compromises resulting from L4-L5 or L5-S1 disc herniations, which together make up more than 90% of all clinically significant radiculopathies attributable to lumbar disc herniations (21-25). Because approximately 12% of ambulatory patients with back pain h
• Have symptoms of sciatica or leg pain without neurologic compromise related to lumbar disc herniation,\[5\] investigators attempted to include such subjects in the trial.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cleveland Chiropractic College: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cleveland Chiropractic College

Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Back Pain; Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Mark T Pfefer, D.C., R.N.

  Cleveland Chiropractic College

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2007
• First Posted: July 9, 2007
• Study Start: December 1, 2004
• Study Completion: April 1, 2007
• Last Updated: July 9, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-04

Locations

US (1)