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Efficacy of Instrumental Chiropractic Treatment Using Activator Methods for Pain and Dysfunction in Juvenile Athletes

NCT01449994 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2012-02-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the study is to prove efficacy of instrumental chiropractic treatment for leg pain in juvenile athletes.

A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial including juvenile athletes with functional impairment and pain in thigh, leg or foot is performed.

Hypothesis: Instrumental chiropractic treatment with the "activator instrument "following the "activator methods" diagnostic evaluation should lead to significant improvement of complaints and functional impairment compared to the control group treated by a deactivated instrument following a sham evaluation protocol.

Conditions

  • Pain in Leg, Unspecified
  • Knee Sprain

Interventions

DEVICE

Activator IV (Activator Methods Int. Phoenix, Arizona)

Instruments gives a defined impulse on specified areas of the body

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Graz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frank J Schneider, MD · Meical University Graz Department of pediatric orthopedics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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