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Thoracic Spine Manipulation for Patients With Thoracic Spine Pain

NCT01884818 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2017-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study includes two phases. In phase one the reliability of thoracic spine mobility measurements are studied in subjects with thoracic spine pain. In phase two the reliable measurements are used to measure the effects of thoracic spine manipulation in subjects with thoracic spine pain. The changes in pain is measured as well.

In second phase the control group receives TNS treatment six times at home as a placebo so that the power of TNS is limited to very low level. The number of treatments are controlled as well as the time of treatment. The treatment group receives six manipulation treatments within 3 week period. The effects are measured immediately after the treatment weeks, and 3 and 8 week follow-up. Moreover the one year follow-up will be performed by mail questionnaire.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Manipulation vs. TNS thoracic pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Jyvaskyla

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jani Takatalo, MD · University of Jyvaskyla

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-01
Completion
2017-08-15

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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