NCT01180686

Comparison of a Multiple Thrust Instrument to a Single Thrust Instrument in Treating the Low Back

Comparative Effectiveness of the Multiple Thrust Impulse Instrument and the Activator IV Single Thrust Instrument in Correcting a Lumbar Spinal Manipulable Lesion and Improving Lumbar Erector Spinae Flexion-relaxation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Anglo-European College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine if there is a difference between two treatment methods of spine joints that are not moving as they should as determined by tenderness over the spine and activity of the muscles along side the spine with movement. The hypothesis is that there will be no difference between the two types of treatment.

Detailed description

Two specialised instruments used for treating manipulable lesions of the spine will be compared using muscle relaxation response of the erector spinae muscles and correction of the spinal manipulable lesion.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Activator IV single impulse instrument	This is a manually operated device that delivers a single thrust into the joint involved.
DEVICE	Multiple thrust Impulse adjusting instrument	A device used for delivering 12 thrusts to the involved joint of the lumbar spine.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-03-01
• First posted: 2010-08-12
• Last updated: 2010-08-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom