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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00376350
Date of registration: 12/09/2006
Primary sponsor: University of Western States
Public title: Dose of Spinal Manipulation for Chronic Low Back Pain
Scientific title: Dose-Response/Efficacy of Manipulation for Chronic LBP
Date of first enrolment: March 2007
Target sample size: 400
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00376350
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Mitchell Haas, DC, MA
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Affiliation:  University of Western States
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Current episode of low back pain

- mechanical origin

- Threshold low back pain level

Exclusion Criteria:

- Contraindications to spinal manipulation or massage

- Complicating conditions that could confound clinical outcome

- Prophylactic use of prescription medication

- Health-related litigation, claims, or disability compensation



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Light Massage
Procedure: Pulsed Ultrasound
Procedure: Spinal Manipulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Modified Von Korff Disability Scale [Time Frame: baseline 1&2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Modified Von Korff Pain Scale for low back pain [Time Frame: baseline 1&2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Bias monitoring [Time Frame: baseline 1&2; 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Disability days [Time Frame: baseline 1&2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Fear avoidance beliefs [Time Frame: baseline 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
General health status/QoL [Time Frame: baseline 2; 12, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Healthcare utilization [Time Frame: baseline 2; 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Low back pain unpleasantness [Time Frame: baseline 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Objective measures [Time Frame: Baseline 2, 6 wk]
Pain days [Time Frame: baseline 1&2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 39, 52 weeks]
Patient satisfaction [Time Frame: 12 wk]
Secondary ID(s)
U01 AT001908
U01AT001908
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
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