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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN30511490
ISRCTN30511490
Completed
Not Applicable

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 sites192 target enrollmentStarted: September 6, 2013Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USA)
Enrollment
192

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 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

Investigators

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

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