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Manual Therapy as a Form of Sensory Discrimination in Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT02757378 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2016-05-02

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Summary

This study evaluates whether different explanations given to patients with long lasting back pain influence a physical therapy treatment technique. Half of the patients will receive an explanation of the proposed treatment technique focusing on how their joints are moving and not moving. The second half of the group will receive the same treatment technique as the first group, but their explanation of the technique's purpose will focus on how their brain interprets the information. The study aims to determine if patients have a different response to the treatment based on the words chosen to explain the technique.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Neuroplasticity Explanation (Experimental)

Patients were given an explanation of how the brain uses the information from a manual therapy technique to help it remain sharp in identifying where this input is coming from.

PROCEDURE

Biomechanical Explanation (Control)

Patients were given an explanation of how the manual therapy technique affects the anatomy and physiology of the back.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kevin Farrell

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD · International Spine Pain Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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