Chiropractic and brain activatio
- Conditions
- PainPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitationMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersNeurological - Studies of the normal brain and nervous system
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614001310651
- Lead Sponsor
- ew Zealand College of Chiropractic
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Sixty participants will be recruited from the New Zealand College of Chiropractic community to participate in this study. Twenty will be pain free, 20 will be experiencing back or neck pain at the time of the study, and 20 subclinical spinal pain subjects will be recruited.
Participants may include students, staff, faculty, and previous patients of the College’s chiropractic centre. Subjects will be eligible for inclusion if they are English speaking, aged 18-50, and have previously sought chiropractic care. The pain group will be experiencing back or neck pain at the time that they participate in the trial. The subclinical pain group will have some history of recurring spinal dysfunction such as mild pain, ache, and/or stiffness with or without a history of known trauma.
Subjects will be ineligible to participate if they exhibit no evidence of vertebral subluxations, have absolute contraindications to spinal adjustments, have experienced previous significant adverse reactions to chiropractic care, or they are suffering from a current upper or lower limb disorder/dysfunction that would make them unable to carry out data recording sessions (e.g. sprain/strain/fracture).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Electroencephalographic recording of activity in and between different regions of the brain.[Immediately post-intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one[None]