Status:
COMPLETED
Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
University of Bern
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swiss Society for Manual Therapy (SAMM)
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-55 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Context: Acute low back pain (LBP) is a common reason for consultations in primary care. Reducing the pain in the first hours and days and restoring the functional capacity of the lumbar spine may res...
Detailed Description
Design: Randomised controlled parallel-group trial comparing standard care plus spinal manipulative therapy with standard care alone. Intention-to-treat analysis. Patients: Outpatients with acute low...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Age between 20 and 55 years
- Duration of acute low back pain less than 4 weeks
- Informed consent
- Exclusion criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Radicular origin of back pain (with irradiation)
- Cauda equine syndrome
- Neurologic deficit
- Epidural glucocorticoid injections in the preceding three months
- Previous low back surgery
- Severe osteoporosis
- Blood-coagulation disorder
- Allergy to planned rescue medications
- Suspicion of a specific cause of low back pain (fracture, tumor, infection, inflammatory disease of the spine, HIV-infection) in the patient's history or by physical examination
- History or signs of severe dysfunction of the liver or kidney
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
104 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00294229
Start Date
March 1 2003
End Date
October 1 2006
Last Update
October 3 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland, 3012