NCT00294229

Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain

Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain: Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Context: Acute low back pain (LBP) is a common reason for consultations in primary care. Reducing the pain in the first hours and days and restoring the functional capacity of the lumbar spine may result in a decrease in medical costs and earlier return to work. Objective: To determine the impact of spinal manipulation on pain and analgesic use in acute low back pain.

Detailed description

Design: Randomised controlled parallel-group trial comparing standard care plus spinal manipulative therapy with standard care alone. Intention-to-treat analysis. Patients: Outpatients with acute low back pain. Setting: Emergency Department of Bern University Hospital and a primary care practice network.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	manipulative therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-03-01
• Primary completion: 2006-04-01
• Completion: 2006-10-01
• First posted: 2006-02-20
• Last updated: 2011-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland