The Effect of Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercises on Pain and Functional Status in Persons With Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05784168
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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)
Non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP) can be managed with a variety of treatments such as educational programmes, behavioural therapy, acupuncture, medication, electrophysical agents, manual therapy and exercise therapy. Although the above therapies are widely used, they show limited effect at best, with frequent recurrences of LBP. There is insufficient data to prove that one type of exercise is superior to another. Manual therapy is a common therapeutic method used in the treatment of LBP. Therefore, we hypothesised that manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercises would lead to a greater reduction in back pain and improvement in functional status. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of 6 weeks of manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercise on pain and functional status in subjects with chronic non-specific low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercises on Pain and Functional Status in Persons With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Lithuanian Sports University
- Start date
- 2022-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-11-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Lithuania
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Non-specific low back pain (\>8 weeks); * Persons of working age; * Must be able to perform therapeutic exercises. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cardiovascular disease; * Oncological disorders; * Neurological symptoms of disorders; * Osteoarthritis; * Spondylolisthesis and spondylosis; * Radiculopathy; * Myelopathy; * Spinal fracture. * Pregnancy or lactation.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05784168