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Manual and Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain

NCT00632060 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2008-03-10

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Summary

The specific aims of this research project are to determine feasibility of, and the comparative treatment effect size for, conducting a larger clinical trial of Manual/Manipulative Therapy (M/MT) in restoring peak performance in military personnel in operational environments and to evaluate the ability of the addition of M/MT to standard care to decrease pain and increase function for patients with low back pain.

The following two hypotheses will guide the data collection:

1. The primary hypothesis is that the addition of acourse of M/MT to standard care for low back pain will decrease pain at 4 weeks when compared to standard care alone
2. In addition, the secondary hypothesis will be that the addition of a course of M/MT to standard care for low back pain will decrease pain and increase function over 2 and 4 weeks when compared to standard care alone

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Manual / Manipulative Therapy (M/MT)

Subjects will receive M/MT twice a week for 4 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR)

    collaborator OTHER

  • William Beaumont Army Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • United States Army Fort Bliss

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Samueli Institute for Information Biology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • CPT Keith P Myers, MD · William Beaumont Army Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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