NCT01123226

Trigger Point Therapy Versus Manipulation Correcting Thoracic Manipulable Lesion

Relative Effectiveness of Trigger Point Therapy Compared to Spinal Manipulation in Correcting a Thoracic Spinal Manipulable Lesion in Subjects With Mechanical Thoracic Back Pain: a Randomised Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Anglo-European College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There will be no difference between trigger point therapy and spinal manipulation in correcting a spine joint dysfunction in the back

Conditions

• Spinal Manipulable Lesion
• Somatic Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	spinal manipulation	A maximum of two high velocity low amplitude spinal manipulations to one dysfunctional spine joint
PROCEDURE	trigger point therapy	The thumb will apply firm pressure to a trigger point in the paravertebral multifidus and rotatores muscles associated with the spine joint dysfunction using the barrier approach. This will be held until the barrier releases and this will continue until the trigger point is inactivated or 3 minutes has passed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2010-05-14
• Last updated: 2010-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom