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Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain

NCT00294229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2011-10-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Context: Acute low back pain (LBP) is a common reason for consultations in primary care. Reducing the pain in the first hours and days and restoring the functional capacity of the lumbar spine may result in a decrease in medical costs and earlier return to work.

Objective: To determine the impact of spinal manipulation on pain and analgesic use in acute low back pain.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

manipulative therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss Society for Manual Therapy (SAMM)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wissenschaftlicher Fonds WFR

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter M. Villiger, MD · Dep. of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Allergology, University Hospital of Berne

  • Peter Juni, MD · Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Berne

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-04-30
Completion
2006-10-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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