Influence of Verbal Suggestion on the Therapeutic Effect of the Joint Manipulation
CompletedNot applicableNCT06537739
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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 aim of the study is to evaluate the influence of verbal suggestion on the therapeutic effect of the joint manipulation of the lumbar spine in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain in relation to the pain level, stress, disability, function, sleepiness, tissue temperature and selected blood biochemical markers. The study participants will be randomly assigned (sealed allocation envelopes) to the following groups: * Group A (test intervention + placebo communication) * Group B (test intervention + nocebo communication) * Group C (test intervention + neutral communication) The study will mainly consist of the three stages, i.e. before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 24 hours later.
Study details
- Official title
- Influence of Verbal Suggestion on the Therapeutic Effect of the Joint Manipulation of the Lumbar Spine in Patients with Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Lumbar manipulation
- Other: Positive communication - placebo
- Other: Negative communication - nocebo
- Other: Neutral communication
- Sponsor
- John Paul II University in Biała Podlaska
- Start date
- 2024-10-14
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-16
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 19 Years to 30 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Poland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * participants with low back pain lasting more than 3 months, * participants who have not been taking any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for at least one week prior to the start of the study, * participants who are not taking any steroid drugs, * participants who have never had the joint manipulation before, * participants within the age range of 19-30 years, * written consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * participants who are students of physiotherapy, * participants with a BMI \>33, * participants after a lumbar spine surgery, * participants who, in the 6 months prior to the start of the study, suffered from a lumbar spine injury, * participants with diabetes, * participants with rheumatic diseases, * participants with endometriosis, * participants with endocrine diseases, * participants with acute inflammation in the lumbar spine region and sciatica symptoms.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06537739