NCT01854892

The RELIEF Study - Researching the Effectiveness of Lumbar Interventions for Enhancing Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 162 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care and accounts for over 3.7 million physician visits/year in the U.S. alone. Ninety percent of adults will experience low back pain in their lifetime, 50% will experience recurrent LBP, and 10% will develop chronic pain and related disability. While there is growing evidence for the clinical effectiveness of alternative and complementary therapies to treat low back pain, little is known on the physiologic consequences and effects of these treatments. Further, additional data is needed to understand how these different treatment techniques effect clinical changes in pain and disability. The lack of empirical data hinders acceptance by the wider scientific and health-care communities, and it also limits the development of rational strategies for using alternative and complementary therapies.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manipulation	High velocity short amplitude thrust spinal manipulation applied to the lumbar spine.
OTHER	Mobilization	Static isometric contractions of the lumbar spine to induce spinal mobilization
OTHER	Laser Therapy	Cold laser applied to the paravertebral muscles in the lumbar region

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-05
• Completion: 2017-05-05
• First posted: 2013-05-16
• Last updated: 2017-05-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States