NCT02031562

Geriatrics Balance and Low Back Pain Study

Geriatric Balance and Low Back Pain and Balance Assessment and Management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 169 (actual)
• Sponsor: Logan College of Chiropractic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of standard of care treatments (physical therapy versus manual therapy) in older adult patients who have balance problems with or without low back pain.

Detailed description

This study uses a randomized controlled research design and will enroll up to three hundred patients. Treatment will take place in outpatient facilities. It is hypothesized that among older adults with low back pain manual therapy will reduce low back pain and improve balance more than physical therapy; and that among older adults without low back pain manual therapy and physical therapy will be equally efficacious in improving balance. The results of this study will help to further define effective treatment protocols.

Conditions

• Distorted Balance
• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	chiropractic	chiropractic
OTHER	physical therapy	physical therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2014-01-09
• Last updated: 2014-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States