Manual Therapy of acute low back pain in primary care - a pilot study
- Conditions
- M54.86
- Registration Number
- DRKS00003240
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität BremenInstitut für Public Health und PflegeforschungAbteilung Versorgungsforschung
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 87
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with not more than 2 weeks duration of not traumatic acute low back pain.
Exclusion Criteria
known disease of the spine, osteoporosis; spine-surgery in the last 6 months, clinical signs of severe illness of the spine e.g. CES or herniated disc, rheumatic diseases, pregnancy, ongoing treatment including physical therapy / manual therapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in pain intensity measured by VAS on day 0 pre-treatment compared with 3 days post-treatment and after a 6 weeks period. Combined outcome consistent of a one unit reduction in VAS and termination of drug usage.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method se of Drugs in the first 7 days after treatment, Days of sick leave in the first 6 weeks, German back pain questionnaire to measure the physical impairment (Funktionsfragebogen Hannover Rücken) on day 7 and 6 and 12 weeks after treatment.