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Comparison of a Multiple Thrust Instrument to a Single Thrust Instrument in Treating the Low Back

NCT01180686 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-08-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine if there is a difference between two treatment methods of spine joints that are not moving as they should as determined by tenderness over the spine and activity of the muscles along side the spine with movement.

The hypothesis is that there will be no difference between the two types of treatment.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Activator IV single impulse instrument

This is a manually operated device that delivers a single thrust into the joint involved.

DEVICE

Multiple thrust Impulse adjusting instrument

A device used for delivering 12 thrusts to the involved joint of the lumbar spine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hugh Gemmell, DC, EdD · Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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