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Chronic Pain Canada

Measuring Reliability of Spine Mobilization in Low Back Pain

CompletedNCT07582705
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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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 observational study aims to learn how to measure joint motion and tissue response when pressure is applied to the back and examine how the nervous system responds to the applied pressure. This pressure or mobilization technique is a standard care but we currently do not have a method to measure this technique. Through this study, we hope to validate a tool that allows physical therapists to measure the pressure applied during spinal mobilization. Participants will be asked to: * Receive spinal mobilization * Participate in pain threshold testing * Answer questionnaires

Study details

Official title
Measuring Reliability of Spine Mobilization in Low Back Pain
Conditions
Interventions
  • Procedure: Spinal mobilization
Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Start date
2024-10-02
Primary completion
2025-02-02
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
true
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy individuals without current or recent history (within 6 months) of low back pain * 18-70 years of age * BMI between 18.5-29.9 * Ability to read and understand English * For those with chronic low back pain: 1) low back pain more than 3 months and 2) a minimal pain level of 3 on the 0-10 pain numerical rating scale (NRS) in the last 7 days Exclusion Criteria: * Any signs or symptoms of lumbar pathology (as reported by the participant during interview such as low back pain, or lower limb neurological signs) * History of any spinal surgery * Lumbar/sacral conditions reported by the subject such as spondylolithesis, spina bifida or spinal fracture * Bony pathology such as osteoporosis or rheumatoid arthritis as reported by the participant * Pregnancy * Spine cancer * BMI \>30 * Unable to lay on stomach * Resting blood pressure more than 160/90 mmHg * Currently taking blood thinning medications * Uncontrolled diabetes * A medical exclusion from having blood pressure taken such as a peripheral neuropathy * Low signal to noise ratio fNIRS signal during calibration/setup

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07582705