Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in healthy subjects and patients with chronic low back pain: A randomised controlled trial - OMT-INT

Osteopathie Schule Deutschland0 sites68 target enrollmentMay 22, 2024

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

May 22, 2024

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•For healthy subjects:
•Asymptomatic people with sufficient German language skills.
•For patients with chronic low back pain:
•People with non\-specific (no known underlying pathology) chronic (\> 3 months) low back pain (pain between the costal margins and gluteal folds). Subjects must report clinically relevant pain levels (\> 3 on the Numeric Rating Scale) and disability levels (\> 30 on the Oswestry Disability Index) and must have sufficient German language skills.

•For healthy subjects:
•People cannot participate if they report: (1\) systemic diseases; (2\) intake of medications (two weeks before the first treatment session) except for the birth control pill; (3\) vigorous physical activity or receiving manual therapy (two days before each treatment session); (4\) acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries or conditions; and (5\) smoking, alcohol, or coffee consumption as well as eating a meal (two hours before each measurement).
•For patients with chronic low back pain:
•People cannot participate if they report: (1\) specific spine conditions like spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, spondylolysis, nerve root compromise, disc herniation, neurological signs, or osteoporosis; (2\) other disorders like inflammatory, rheumatological, psychiatric, respiratory, oncological, and cardiac conditions; (3\) previous trauma or surgery of the back and spine; (4\) vigorous physical activity or receiving manual therapy (two days before each treatment session); (5\) smoking, alcohol, or coffee consumption as well as eating a meal (two hours before each measurement); and (6\) pregnancy.