NCT00562562

A Pilot MRI Study of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a pilot project intended to determine the feasibility of detecting soft tissue changes in response to osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). MRIs of the lumbar and pelvic regions of low back pain (LBP) patients will be taken once before and at two different time points after OMT. Images obtained will be quantitatively analyzed for changes in the volumes of back muscles and for changes (T2 signals) indicative of activity levels or pathological conditions. Electromyography (EMG) will be used as an independent measure of back muscle activity for comparison with MRI results.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	osteopathic manipulative treatment	Treatment will focus on the thoracolumbar junction, L5, the sacrum, and the pubes. Treatment will primarily utilize two techniques, muscle energy and ligamentous-articular release, but will be tailored to the findings of the individual patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-12-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2007-11-22
• Last updated: 2017-04-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States