A Follow-up Comparison of Active Versus Passive Manual Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain

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Conditions studied: Low Back Pain, Manual Therapy, Education

In brief

To determine if there is any carry over difference between the type of education provided about common treatment techniques for patients with low back pain. This will be looked at right after treatment and when patients return on their second visit after they do a common exercise program for a few days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03758807

Run by

St. Ambrose University

People needed

102

Starts

2018-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adults over the age of 18
• patients presenting at PT with a primary complaint of LBP
• LBP being present for 6 months or more
• fluent in English
• willing to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• under age 18
• not able to read/understand the English language
• prisoners
• no medical issues precluding physical therapy treatment (red flags)
• no medical precautions to the use of manual therapy (metal, skin lesions, etc.)
• prior spine surgery
• unable to lay prone for the treatment

Where it is running

• Kevin Farrell — Davenport, Iowa, United States

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