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Extending Ultrasound Elastography to Manual Treatment Methods

NCT01221155 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2012-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Manual treatment offers benefit to some patients suffering from back pain but little is known about which of the many tissue layers are affected. This study will help identify which tissues may be stimulated sufficiently to be a source for the clinical effects of treatment and to prioritize future work to understand mechanisms of back pain and to improve care.

Current soft-tissue ultrasound elastography techniques, under static condition, will be extended to quantify relative displacement and strains(active and passive)across the depth of tissue strata that arise from small amplitude motions during continuous passive motion clinical procedures and in weight bearing postures. Relative movement of the stratified layers of the back, from treatment and task-generated perturbations, will enable the elastography interrogation of the tissue.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John J. Triano, DC, PhD · Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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