aprapathy or evidence-based care provided by a physician for patients with non-specific low back and/or neck/shoulder pain: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: eck, shoulder or low back pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Dorsalgia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN56954776
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)

Brief Summary

2007 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17515742 results 2010 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20137063 results 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34625083/ (added 11/10/2021) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35578230/ (added 18/05/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2006-09-30
• Study Start: 2006-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 30 May 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 409

Inclusion Criteria

Participants were assembled mainly among employees at two big companies in Stockholm, Sweden (in total around 40,000 persons) during the period March to September 2005.

The inclusion criteria was a present non-specific pain in back or neck/shoulder of the kind that brought about marked disability at work and/or in leisure time, for at least two weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy
2. Specific diagnose as acute slipped disc or spinal stenos
3. Recently have been exposed to naprapathic treatment or evidence based physician consultation (the preceding two months) or other manual therapy with the exception of massage (the preceding month)
4. Surgery in the painful area
5. Red flags (e.g. serious disease in back or neck and recent trauma in the area)
6. Not able to understand Swedish

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified