How Does Manual Therapy Improve Low Back Pain for Soldiers?
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Official title
Manual Manipulative Therapy for Back Pain in Active Duty Military Personnel
Brief summary
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Musculoskeletal injuries including low back pain (LBP) are a major problem in military personnel. These injuries can result from training exercises, job duties, or recreational activities. However incurred, many of these injuries can result in limited duty in work or training, and can decrease military readiness. The National Osteopathic Research Center (ORC) will examine the effectiveness of a specific set of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment interventions referred to as Manual/Manipulative Therapy (M/MT) to reduce pain and improve functioning in young active duty military personnel. The broad overall goal of this proposed research project is to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger clinical trial of Manual/Manipulative Therapy (M/MT) in restoring full performance in military personnel in the operational environment. A second goal is to estimate the treatment effect size of M/MT in this population. The following two hypotheses will guide the data study: * Hypothesis 1: Subjects receiving manual/manipulative therapy for low back pain will report less pain at two and four weeks than subjects in the control group. * Hypothesis 2: Subjects receiving manual/manipulative therapy for low back pain will achieve greater functioning at two and four weeks than subjects in the control group.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00394264
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 100 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Soft Tissue Procedure
- Myofascial release Procedure
- Counterstrain Procedure
- Muscle energy Procedure
- Sacro-iliac articulation Procedure
- High-velocity, low amplitude Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 17 Years to 35 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2006
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2007
- Last update posted
- Oct 30, 2006
2006 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madigan Army Medical Center | Fort Lewis | Washington | 98431 | Recruiting |
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