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A Trial Comparing Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment to Manual Therapy

NCT03049644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2022-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Mechanical diagnosis and treatment (MDT) and Manual Therapy (MT) have both demonstrated efficacy in the management of CLBP. The use of a Point of Care (POC) design in this study will allow for comparison of these two treatment modalities in a clinical setting. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting, enrolling and collecting outcome data on CLBP patients utilizing the POC methodology.

Conditions

  • Chronic Lower Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy

Identification of directional preference.

PROCEDURE

Manual Therapy

Mechanically based treatment based on taking joint to end range and thrusting or soft tissue manipulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canandaigua VA Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Paul E Dougherty, DC · Canandaigua VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2018-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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