NCT01704807

Duration of Spinal Manipulation Effects as Influenced by Orthotics

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: Logan College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose of study: To assess the effects of wearing custom orthotics as opposed to placebo foot inserts on the duration of chiropractic correction of spinal fixations and muscle imbalances using applied kinesiology techniques.

Detailed description

Participants with chronic lower back pain of greater than one month duration will be randomized to receive custom foot orthotics or placebo flat inserts. Both groups will receive chiropractic treatment 5 times over the course of 4 weeks following receipt of orthotics. Subjects and treating doctor will be blind to the insert type. Patients will report present, average, best and worst pain at each visit, and complete a Roland-Morris questionnaire. Secondary outcome measures will be number of fixated vertebral levels identified by motion palpation and challenge and number of muscles testing grade 4 and below from a list of 5 muscles to be tested bilaterally before and after each treatment.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	foot orthotics	Experimental wore experimental orthotics throughout the study period as much of the day as possible.
DEVICE	Sham foot orthotic	Control group wore sham insoles as much of the time as possible for the duration of the study period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2012-10-11
• Last updated: 2012-10-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States