Evaluation of the clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulation in chronic lower back pain: a prospective randomized clinical trial

.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USA)0 个研究点目标入组 192 人开始时间: 2013年9月6日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

适应症

试验速览

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•1. LBP for 12 weeks prior to enrollment
•2. Pain upon deep palpation of the lumbar erector spinae
•3. LBP from L1 to sacroiliac joint inclusive
•4. Live within 50 miles of Rochester, NY
•5. Have a baseline > 30mm on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and > 20% on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
•6. Subjects had to be willing to undergo no new or different treatment during the study intervention and follow up period, although they were allowed to continue any medications.

•1. Radiographic or clinical evidence of cauda equina syndrome, spinal neoplasia or metastatic disease
•2. Destructive joint pathology such as rheumatoid arthritis
•3. Bowel/bladder dysfunction associated with the LBP
•4. Peripheral neuropathy or progressive lumbosacral radiculopathy
•5. Progressive myelopathy or neurogenic claudication
•6. Spinal surgery within the past six months.
•7. Subjects were excluded if they had undergone a course of SMT or supervised AET within the six months prior to enrollment into the study
•8. If they could not perform an exercise program based on a New York Heart Association Classification of grade III or IV

发起方

.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USA)