Manual Therapy as a Form of Sensory Discrimination in Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02757378
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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)
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 details
- Official title
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Manual Therapy as a Form of Sensory Discrimination in Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Neuroplasticity Explanation (Experimental)
- Procedure: Biomechanical Explanation (Control)
- Sponsor
- Kevin Farrell
- Organization
- St. Ambrose University
- Start date
- 2015-05
- Primary completion
- 2015-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 5
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults over the age of 18 * Presenting at Physical Therapy with a primary complaint of Low Back Pain * Low Back Pain being present for 6 months or more * Fluent in English and willing to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Medical precautions to the use of manual therapy (metal, skin lesions, etc.) * Prior spine surgery * Unable to lay prone for the treatment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02757378