NCT00497861

Comparison of Activator Manipulation Versus Manual Side Posture Manipulation in Patients With Low Back Pain

Comparison of Mechanical Force, Manually Assisted Activator Manipulation Versus Manual Side Posture Manipulation in Patients With Low Back Pain: a Randomized Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cleveland Chiropractic College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study compared the treatment effect of Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique (AMCT) and manual Diversified type spinal manipulative therapy in a sample of patients with acute and sub-acute low back pain.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of (MFMA) Activator instrument adjusting to manual side posture (HVL) adjustments in patients with acute low back pain. Primary outcomes measured include pain measurement with a VAS scale, the use of the Oswestry pain scale questionnaire, and the Bournemouth back pain scale questionnaire. An additional aim of this study is to evaluate feasibility of recruitment, data collection, and other procedures which can lead to additional studies with larger number of subjects including a control group.

Conditions

• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-12-01
• Completion: 2007-04-01
• First posted: 2007-07-09
• Last updated: 2007-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States