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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00939107
Date of registration: 13/07/2009
Primary sponsor: Back and Rehabilitation Center, Copenhagen
Public title: The McKenzie Method Versus Manipulation for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Scientific title: The Effect of the McKenzie Method as Compared With That of Manipulation When Applied Adjunctive to Information and Advice for Patients With Clinical Signs of Disc-related Chronic Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Date of first enrolment: September 2003
Target sample size: 350
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00939107
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:   Tom Petersen, PT,PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Back and Rehabilitation Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 to 60 years of age

- suffering from low back pain (LBP) with or without leg pain for a period of more than
6 weeks

- able to speak and understand the Danish language

- with a presentation of clinical signs of disc-related symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria:

- positive non-organic signs

- serious pathology suspected based on physical examination and/or magnetic resonance
imaging

- application for disability pension or pending litigation

- pregnancy

- comorbidity

- recent back surgery

- problems with communication



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Procedure: McKenzie exercises
Procedure: spinal manipulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Disability [Time Frame: two months after treatment]
Number of Patients With Treatment Success [Time Frame: Two months posttreatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cost Effectiveness [Time Frame: twelve months posttreatment]
Number of Patients on Sick Leave [Time Frame: twelve months posttreatment]
Pain [Time Frame: twelve months posttreatment]
Quality of Life [Time Frame: twelve months posttreatment]
Secondary ID(s)
KF-01-057/03
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Danish Institute for Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy.
The Danish Physiotherapy Organization.
The Danish Rheumatism Association
The Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Continuos Education.
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