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Outcomes After Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy With Lumbar Disc Herniation and Radiculopathy

NCT04305509 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2021-07-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In a study that was approved nine years ago (EK-22/2009) we could show (i) that spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is a very effective and safe treatment for acute and chronic lumbar disc herniation (LDH); (ii) that SMT is as effective and less expensive than lumbar nerve root injections and (iii) that the recurrence rate up to one year was very low in acute and in chronic LDH patients. However, the long-term outcome of this conservatively treated LDH patients is unknown. Thus, the objective of this amendment is to investigate the proportion of long-term recurrences in these patients who were treated with SMT for their LDH and to compare these results with already existing data from other treatments, e.g. surgery. This is important information to know whether this conservative method is a sustainable approach for treating LDH.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Disc Herniation

Interventions

OTHER

no intervention

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Balgrist University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lukas Mayr, M Chiro Med · Universitätsklinik Balgrist

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-09
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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