NCT00257998

Effectiveness of Three Manual Physical Therapy Techniques in a Subgroup of Patients With Low Back Pain

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Manual Physical Therapy Techniques in a Subgroup of Patients With Low Back Pain Who Satisfy a Clinical Prediction Rule: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Franklin Pierce University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Recently a clinical prediction rule (CPR) has been developed and validated that accurately identifies patients with low back pain that are likely to benefit from a lumbo-pelvic manipulation. The studies that developed and validated the rule used the identical manipulation procedure. However, recent evidence suggests that different manual therapy techniques may result in the same outcome.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of three different manual therapy techniques in a subgroup of patient with low back pain that satisfy the CPR.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Mobilization	manualtherapy techniques

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-11-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2005-11-24
• Last updated: 2007-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States