NCT00602901

Elderly Back Pain: Comparing Chiropractic to Medical Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (actual)
• Sponsor: Palmer College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of two types of chiropractic spinal manipulation to conservative medical care for patients at least 55 years old with sub-acute or chronic low back pain (LBP).

Detailed description

Despite the high prevalence of LBP and the associated economic costs, disability, and lost productivity, and despite the development of several treatment guidelines, one of which recommends chiropractic spinal manipulation for some subgroups of patients with pack pain, the management of LBP remains controversial and highly variable across professions and geographic regions. Although one recent publication describes the design of chiropractic and exercise for seniors with low back or neck pain, no published studies to our knowledge, have assessed the effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation compared to medical care for older adults with sub-acute or chronic low back pain.

Conditions

• Subacute Low Back Pain
• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	HVLA-SM	High-velocity low amplitude spinal manipulation (HVLA-SM)
OTHER	LVVA-SM	Low-velocity variable amplitude spinal manipulation (LVVA-SM)
DRUG	Usual medical care	Celebrex: po, 200mg, qd, six weeks; Aleve: po, 220mg, bid, six weeks; Bextra: po, 10mg, qd, six weeks; Naproxen: po, 500mg, bid, six weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-07-01
• Primary completion: 2006-10-01
• Completion: 2007-03-01
• First posted: 2008-01-28
• Last updated: 2017-04-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States