A quasi-experimental clinical outcomes-based audit of manual therapy management for mechanical spinal pain within a substance-misuse rehabilitation therapeutic community. The Palmerston-Murdoch Project”.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Spinal painAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicineMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersOther - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611001100987
- Lead Sponsor
- Murdoch University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 55
Inclusion Criteria
Experimental Groups:
1.Residents of therapeutic community who volunteer for the study and provide informed consent to receive usual chiropractic care who are suffering from spinal pain.
2.Chiropractic Interns (5th year undergraduate students)
Control Group:
Residents of therapeutic community who volunteer for the study and provide informed consent and receive usual medical care for spinal pain.
Exclusion Criteria
No – all participants will be receiving at least usual care for spinal pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RAND-36 <br>Recorded at initial visit and repeated after intervention.<br><br>R-36 measures health-related quality of life; eight health constructs: physical functioning, role limitations caused by physical health problems, pain, general health perceptions, emotional well-being, role limitations caused by emotional problems, social functioning, and energy/fatigue.[Baseline and at 6 weeks];Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire[6 weeks];Student Perception of Service-Learning Experience (SPSLE)[End of Placement]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method il[Nil]