Assessment of Chiropractic Treatment: Strength and Balance

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

This study is a randomized controlled trial designed to compare the effects of 4 weeks of chiropractic care to a waitlist control group on measures of strength, balance, and endurance in military personnel experiencing non-surgical low back pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02670148

Run by

Ian Coulter

People needed

110

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-02-14

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age range 18 - ≤ 40, inclusive
• Able to provide written informed consent
• Self-reported acute, subacute or chronic LBP at initial screen and baseline visit 1. Pain intensity of ≥ 2 on NRS within the past 24 hours.
• Active duty status

You may not qualify if…

• Any chiropractic care within 30 days of informed consent
• Any LBP confirmed or suspected to arise from a visceral source
• Spinal pathology or any other condition(s) contraindicating SM
• LBP for which specific treatments outside those available within study parameters are indicated
• Any spinal fracture within the past 6 months
• Any spinal surgery within the past 6 months
• LBP with positive neurologic signs indicating spinal nerve root compression, or LBP with presumptive or confirmed spinal nerve root compression
• Imaging evidence of neuroforaminal or spinal canal stenosis or the clinical presentation of neurogenic claudication
• Chronic pain syndrome diagnosis
• Diagnosis or suspected systemic inflammatory arthropathy of the spine
• Referral needed to evaluate or treat an urgent or emergent condition or to determine the status of a condition that pertains to eligibility
• Unable to safely perform strength, balance, or endurance tests, or the ability to assess health status
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant within the next 6 weeks
• Knowledge of impending transfer or absence during study period
• Seeking or referred for Medical Evaluation Board / Physical Evaluation Board disability status (to ensure safety while performing study tests and to avoid confounding due to the potential for competing recovery goals)
• Unable or unwilling to comply with study protocols
• Patellar height is <15 inches or >25.5 inches

Where it is running

• Naval Branch Health Clinic, NATTC — Pensacola, Florida, United States

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