Does Manual Therapy Provide Immediate Improvement in Lumbar Range of Motion?

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: N/A Healthy Individuals

In brief

The goal of this clinical study is to determine if manual therapy can improve lumbar mobility in healthy individuals. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is there an immediate local spinal effect? * Is there an associated distal effect? Researchers will compare an experimental group and a control group to examine the effects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05926674

Run by

New York Institute of Technology

People needed

40

Starts

2023-07-15

Expected to finish

2023-07-26

Last updated by the study team

2023-11-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• New York Institute of Technology students
• At least 18 years old
• Good overall health

You may not qualify if…

• Pacemaker
• Any previous history of lumbar or connective tissue pathology
• Down syndrome
• Prolonged steroid use
• Oswestry Low Back Disability score of >10 (ODI)
• Inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• NYIT — Old Westbury, New York, United States

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