aturopathic Care for Low Back Pain: a randomised controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic low back pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Low back pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN41920953
• Lead Sponsor: The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

1. Mentally competent volunteers 18 to 65, male or female
2. Low back pain of more than six weeks duration
3. Normal on physical examination at the pre-study physical

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of spinal operations
2. Current history of herniated disk
3. Current history of systemic rheumatological disease, ankylosing spondylitis, tumors, infection
4. Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry, Roland and Morris Disability Questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Short Form health survey (SF-36)<br>2. Spinal Forward Flexion<br>3. Medication and adjunctive treatment usage