Chiropractic and Exercise for Seniors With Low Back Pain
CompletedPhase 2NCT00269321
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this randomized clincal trial is to assess the relative effectiveness of three conservative treatment approaches for seniors with chronic low back pain: 1) chiropractic manual treatment plus home exercise, 2) supervised exercise plus home exercise and 3) home exercise alone.
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized Clinical Trial of Chiropractic Manual Therapy Plus Home Exercise, Supervised Exercise Plus Home Exercise and Home Exercise Alone For Individuals 65 and Over With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Chiropractic Manual treatment + home exercise (procedure+behavior)
- Procedure: Supervised rehabilitative exercise+home exercise
- Behavioral: Home exercise
- Sponsor
- Northwestern Health Sciences University
- Collaborators
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research
- Start date
- 2003-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Sub-Acute and chronic low back pain (Defined as current episode more than 6 weeks duration.) * Quebec Task Force classifications 1, 2, 3 and 4. (This includes patients with back pain, stiffness or tenderness, with or without musculoskeletal signs and neurological signs.{1570}) * 65 years of age and older * Independent ambulation * Community dwelling (residency outside nursing home) * Score of 20 or more on Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination{13246} * Stable prescription medication plan (no changes in prescription medications that affect musculoskeletal pain in previous month) Exclusion Criteria: * Referred low back pain from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases * Significant infectious disease Determined by history or by referral to supplementary diagnostic tests * Ongoing treatment for low back pain by other health care providers * Mean baseline low back pain score of 20 percentage points or less * Contraindications to exercise Determined by history or by referral to supplementary diagnostic tests (i.e., uncontrolled arrhythmias, third degree heart block, recent ECG changes, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, acute congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, poorly controlled blood pressure, uncontrolled metabolic disease * Contraindications to spinal manipulation (i.e. Progressive neurological deficits blood clotting disorders; infectious and non-infectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the spine; severe osteoporosis)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00269321