Specific Treatment Of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) Trials: Manual Therapy Group

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Subacute low back pain with or without leg pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000334202
• Lead Sponsor: a Trobe University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-05-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Low back pain with or without leg pain that will respond to manual therapy, with a 6 week to 6 months duration. Able to understand and read English

Exclusion Criteria

Disc herniation with radiculopathy, reducible discogenic pain or non reducible discogenic pain.
Cause of symptoms due to serious pathology such as cauda equina syndrome or spinal tumour.
Previous lumbar spine surgery. Compensable injury. Cauda equina syndrome of progressive lower limb weakness. Had injections into the back in the previous 6 weeks. active cancer. Inability to walk safely.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Back-specific function (Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire)[At baseline, 5 weeks, 10 weeks, 26 weeks and 1 year following randomisation.];Back pain intensity on a 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale[At baseline, 5 weeks, 10 weeks, 26 weeks and 1 year following randomisation.];Leg pain intensity on 0-10 numerical rating scale[At baseline, 5 weeks, 10 weeks, 26 weeks and 1 year following randomisation]