Manual Therapy as a Form of Sensory Discrimination in Chronic Low Back Pain
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Manual Therapy as a Form of Sensory Discrimination in Chronic Low Back Pain
Brief summary
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This study evaluates whether different explanations given to patients with long lasting back pain influence a physical therapy treatment technique. Half of the patients will receive an explanation of the proposed treatment technique focusing on how their joints are moving and not moving. The second half of the group will receive the same treatment technique as the first group, but their explanation of the technique's purpose will focus on how their brain interprets the information. The study aims to determine if patients have a different response to the treatment based on the words chosen to explain the technique.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02757378
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 62 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Neuroplasticity Explanation (Experimental) Procedure
- Biomechanical Explanation (Control) Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2015
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2015
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- May 1, 2016
2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Valley Physical Therapy | Moline | Illinois | 61265 | — |
| Rock Valley Physical Therapy | Silvis | Illinois | 61282-4700 | — |
| Edward Health & Fitness Center & Spa at Seven Bridges | Woodridge | Illinois | 60517 | — |
| Rock Valley Physical Therapy | Davenport | Iowa | 52806 | — |
| Genesis Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine | Davenport | Iowa | 52807 | — |
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