measurINg forceS durInG cHiropractic Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The INSIGHT pilot study will measure forces applied by a doctor of chiropractic (DC) during the delivery of a specific, manually based chiropractic treatment for participants with low back pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02409797

Run by

Palmer College of Chiropractic

People needed

12

Starts

2015-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to demonstrate the necessary abilities (English language, literacy) needed to provide informed consent without the assistance of another person (e.g., a proxy, spouse, family member or other support person)
• Self-reported low back pain (acute, subacute or chronic) at the time of examination and enrollment

You may not qualify if…

• Weight > 300lbs
• Spinal Pathology or conditions contraindicating study procedures or compromising participant safety
• Inflammatory arthropathy involving the spine (e.g. Ankylosing spondylitis, Rheumatoid arthritis)
• Spinal fracture in the past 6 months
• Other conditions requiring referral (e.g. self-reporting alcohol/substance dependence or abuse, unstable spinal segments, and cauda equina syndrome)
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant within the next 5 weeks
• Unable to tolerate study procedures safely
• Altered Mental Capacity
• Sensitivity to adhesives used in the study
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Co-morbidity requiring simultaneous clinical management that compromises ability to deliver study procedures or assess the participant's heath status or poses as a scheduling burden
• Retention of legal advice or seeking a health-related insurance claim
• Compliance concerns (e.g. scheduling conflicts, moving from the quad city area, unwilling to undergo required study procedures or receive treatment from study doctor(s))
• Quebec Task Force Classification of 10 or 11: (chronic pain syndrome, visceral/infectious source of LBP)

Where it is running

• Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research — Davenport, Iowa, United States

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