Back Pain Management With Spinal Manipulation Therapy Compared to Usual Medical Care in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients: A Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Back Pain intensity
研究概览
简要总结
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) affects 2 - 3% of children and adolescents older than 10 years and is of unknown cause. It was initially thought that occurrences of back pain (BP) were similar to the one encounter in healthy adolescents. Recently, literature has shown that there is a two-fold prevalence of BP among AIS patients compared to healthy adolescents. As such, BP appears as a condition that might have a detrimental effect on the well-being of AIS patients and seems associated with increases in health care costs. Further, BP in adolescents would appear to be a predictive factor for adult BP. Is vertebral manipulation (VM) a viable alternative? Since 2006, four guidelines were in agreement as to the value of that approach with acute or chronic BP in adults. Unfortunately, no study was found in adolescents. The purpose of the study is to verify if VM is efficacious at improving AIS patients' back pain and to find out if it can help these patients to obtain a better quality of life and improve their spinal flexibility. Recruitment will take place at Ste Justine's hospital where patients will have 2 evaluations, conducted by an independent orthopaedist (baseline and 4 weeks). Patients will be allocated to either the experimental (VM) or the usual medical care group. Spinal manipulation treatment will last over a 4-week period. The study will be the first trial evaluating the efficacy of vertebral manipulation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with back pain. Finally, no other study was found on available and effective treatment regarding back pain management for this population. A well-structured trial is needed to provide clinicians with a better understanding and best evidence regarding treatment protocols.
详细描述
Introduction Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is defined by the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) has a three-dimensional deviation of the vertebral column of unknown origin appearing in adolescents older than 10 years. Chronic non-specific back pain (CNSBP) is often associated with adolescent scoliosis patients, and the associated prevalence is almost double that of non-scoliosis healthy adolescents. Furthermore, CNSBP seems to be a predictor of CNSBP in adulthood.
Few studies evaluated BP among AIS patients and in those who did, conflicting results, regarding back pain prevalence, were observed. Among these, only two studies looked at back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Ramirez et al. retrospectively evaluated, 2442 scoliosis adolescent patients' files establishing BP prevalence at 32%. He concluded that the established prevalence was similar to the one encountered in a general non-scoliotic adolescent population. Joncas and Labelle prospectively evaluated 239 adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis for the prevalence of BP. They observed that BP occurred in 54% of patients, and the average pain intensity was 49,4 mm. More recently, Sato's studied back pain prevalence in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. He conducted a large-scale cross-sectional epidemiological study, where 43 630 children aged 9 to 15-year-old were required to complete a take-home questionnaire. They reported a back pain prevalence of 58.8% in scoliosis patients compared to 32.9% in non-scoliosis patients.
Regarding BP Management in AIS Patients, a comprehensive review of the literature did not yield any study on BP management in AIS patients. Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is a recognised and safe treatment for low back pain and is performed primarily by chiropractors, physical therapists, and osteopaths. To the best of the investigators' knowledge, only one pilot clinical trial (Rowe 2006) has been conducted with children and adolescents diagnosed with AIS. Though under powered, results showed that SMT was associated with only minor adverse events, there was no curve progression in the treatment group, and quality of life, evaluated by the Scoliosis Quality of life Index, has not been negatively impacted.
In light of the paucity of literature on the management of back pain in nonsurgical AIS patients, and considering the lack of evidence in regards to the efficacy of SMT for back pain in adolescents, and the lack of guidance regarding management of back pain in adolescents, it would be important to evaluate the effectiveness of SMT compared to usual medical care for back pain among adolescents with idiopathic nonsurgical scoliosis.
The primary objective of this pilot study is to verify the effect of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on back pain management of adolescents with idiopathic nonsurgical scoliosis. The secondary objectives are two-fold: 1) to verify the effect of SMT on low back function, 2) to verify the feasibility and acceptability of SMT according to patients' level of satisfaction. This pilot study will be used to verify some implementation strategies before proceeding to a subsequent larger trial, such as recruitment rate, treatment compliance and loss to follow up, and adverse events.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 10 Years 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Adolescents 10 to 17-year-old of either gender
- •Both, parents and adolescents speak either English or French
- •Adolescents with a diagnosis of AIS established by one of the participating orthopaedists.
- •Pain score over 3 on scale of 0-10
- •AIS associated with mechanical back pain of at least six consecutive weeks duration with or without radiating pain to the lower extremity. Mechanical back pain is defined as pain not associated with specific identifiable aetiologies
排除标准
- •suffering from any metabolic, malignant or any serious organic or progressive neurological deficit.
- •any structural disturbances of the spine is present (e.g.: osteoporosis, disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, hip dysplasia and others),
- •previous back surgery for AIS
- •ongoing treatment for back pain by other health care providers
- •contraindications to SMT, other than previously mentioned, such as inflammatory or infectious conditions, blood clotting and connective tissue disorders
研究组 & 干预措施
Spinal Manipulation Therapy
Active chiropractic care for this RCT will consist of diversified technique prone, side posture and supine manipulations with soft-tissue therapy
干预措施: Spinal Manipulation Therapy (Other)
Usual Medical Care
Control group patients will follow the usual medical visit scheduled according to their attending orthopaedists. Usual interventions generally consist in the administration of medications (NSAIDs or ibuprofen), physical therapy or exercises.
干预措施: Usual Medical Care (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Back Pain intensity
时间窗: 4 weeks
The intensity and quality of low back pain will be with the use of the Brief Pain Inventory. Questionnaire (BPI). This questionnaire is used to evaluate the quality and the intensity of pain and determine its impact upon the patient. The BPI includes 9 questions and uses an 11 -point scale (0 = "no pain"; and 10 ="pain as bad as you can imagine") to evaluate the intensity of pain at the time of being surveyed, pain at its worst, pain at rest, and average pain in the past week. This instrument also records the location of pain on a diagram using a human silhouette and requires patients to select words that best describe their pain.
次要结局
- Physical Functioning(The RMDQ will be administered at baseline and at four week follow up.)
- Spinal forward flexion(The spinal forward flexion will be administered at baseline and at four week follow up.)
- Spinal Forward Flexion(The spinal forward flexion will be administered at baseline and at four week follow up.)
- Isometric trunk extensor muscles endurance.(The spinal forward flexion will be administered at baseline and at four week follow up.)
研究者
Jean Théroux
Chiropractor, PhD student
St. Justine's Hospital