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Osteopathic Single CAse Research for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

CompletedNot applicableNCT05120921
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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 aims to collect primary data from patients with low back pain to assess the effect of standard osteopathic management and biopsychosocially-informed osteopathic care using a Single-Case Experimental Design.

Study details

Official title
OSCAR (Osteopathic Single CAse Research) - Assessing the Effects of Standard and Biopsychosocially-informed Osteopathic Management for Patients With Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Single Case Experimental Design (SCED)
Interventions
  • Other: Osteopathic Manual Treatment
  • Other: Self-management
  • Other: Reassurance
  • Other: Biopsychosocial management
Sponsor
University College of Osteopathy
Collaborators
Osteopathic Foundation
Start date
2021-11-05
Primary completion
2023-07-31
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United Kingdom
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 or more years old * agree to take part in the study and provide formal online consent after having been assessed as capable of providing informed consent by the osteopath * Being fluent enough in English to be able to understand content of consent forms (and participate in osteopathic treatment without an interpreter) * Presenting with non-specific low back pain of a duration of a minimum of 12 weeks) * NRS score between 5 and 9 on a 11-point scale * PSFS score between 2 and 7 at baseline * Who can be contacted by email * Available for an appointment within two days around the randomisation date Exclusion Criteria: * Under 18 * Lacking capacity to give consent * Presenting with low back pain with a known or suspected pathological cause (e.g. infection, cancer or fracture) * People for whom osteopathic treatment may be contra-indicated (as assessed by the osteopath in the initial consultation) or who disclose information during their course of treatment which requires referral for other medical investigations or care * LBP of less than 12 weeks * NRS score below 5 or above 9 * PSFS score above below 2 or above 7 * Patients providing less than 3 data points during baseline

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05120921