Manipulation, Exercise, and Self-Care for Low Back Pain

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The broad, long term objective of this interdisciplinary research is to identify effective therapies for low back pain sufferers and to increase our understanding of this important condition. The primary aim is to examine the relative efficacy of chiropractic spinal manipulation, rehabilitative exercise, and self-care education in terms of patient-rated outcomes in the short and long term for non-acute low back pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00269347

Run by

Northwestern Health Sciences University

People needed

300

Starts

2001-01-01

Expected to finish

2005-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-12-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• previous lumbar spine surgery; back pain referred from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases; progressive neurological deficits due to nerve root or spinal cord compression; aortic and peripheral vascular disease; existing cardiac disease requiring medical treatment; blood clotting disorders; diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis; infectious and noninfectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the lumbar spine; presence of significant infectious disease, or other severe debilitating health problems; substance abuse; ongoing treatment for back pain by other health care providers; pregnant or nursing women; pain score of less than 30 percentage points; pending our current litigation

Where it is running

• Northwestern Health Sciences University — Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

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