Chiropractic Management of Chronic Lower Back Pain in Older Adults

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Low Back Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Chiropractic management for treatment of chronic lower back pain in older adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00475787

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

136

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-30

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pain greater than three months in duration
• Localized pain to the lumbosacral and gluteal regions and no focal radicular symptoms
• Pain elicited upon deep palpation of the lumbar erector spinae musculature 4) Pain that can be either exacerbated or relieved by varying body position

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded if they have a history of fragility fracture of radiographic evidence of lumbar compression fracture
• Patient will be excluded if they have undergone a course of previous chiropractic care
• Severely demented patients, as indicated by their previous medical history and Mini Mental State scores of 22 or less, will not be selected.
• The exclusion criteria are representative of the absolute contraindications for chiropractic management, specifically to mean high velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulation.

Where it is running

• VA Western New York Healthcare System at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States
• VA Medical Center, Canandaigua — Canandaigua, New York, United States

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