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Comparison of the Effectiveness of 2 Manual Therapies on Functional Outcome in Sub-acute and Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

CompletedNot applicableNCT02034864
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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 study is to determine whether a standardised osteopathic manipulative treatment is more effective than a placebo of osteopathic manipulative treatment, in sub-acute and chronic non-specific low back pain on functional recovery at 3 months.

Study details

Official title
Comparison of the Effectiveness of 2 Manual Therapies on Functional Outcome in Sub-acute and Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain at 3 Months : a Randomised Controlled Trial
Conditions
  • Subacute and Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
Interventions
  • Other: Osteopathic manipulative treatment
  • Other: Placebo of osteopathic manipulative treatment
Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Collaborators
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France; Université Paris Cité; University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes; Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail; URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
Start date
2014-02-17
Primary completion
2017-10-23
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 65 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
France
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient consulting for subacute and chronic non-specific low * Male or female aged from 18 to 65 years (included) * Patient can speak and understand French * Patient giving his informed consent to participate in the study * Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of social insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Specific low-back pain caused by inflammatory, tumoral, infectious disease or a back traumatism in the 3 past months * History of back surgery and/or vertebral fracture in the previous 6 months * Presence of a motor impairment related to the reason for consultation * The patient is a student or a practitioner in manipulative therapies * Pregnancy * Inability to understand the process of the study * The patient is already included in another clinical study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02034864