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Using MRI Scans to Evaluate Spinal Manipulation

NCT00070902 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2006-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Lumbar spinal manipulation, or chiropractic adjusting, is thought to separate the surfaces of the spinal joints and thereby relieve lower back pain. This study will use MRI scans to evaluate the spinal joints before and after spinal manipulation.

Conditions

  • Lower Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lumbar side-posture spinal adjusting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Gregory D. Cramer, DC, PhD · National University of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-06-30
Completion
2002-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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