The efficacy of exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for chronic LBP

A comparison of the effects of spinal manipulative therapy versus exercise on pain and disability in subjects with chronic LBP

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000053628

Enrollment

240

Registered

2005-07-29

Start date

2002-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Low back pain affects most people at some stage in their life and is a major cause of chronic absenteeism and disability. Three common treatments for chronic LBP are spinal manipulative therapy, general exercise, and specific stabilisation exercise. While there is evidence that they are effective, to date there has been no head to head comparison of these treatments. We propose to conduct a definitive trial to investigate the effects of these interventions in a population suffering from chronic low back pain.

Interventions

Randomised controlled trial with 240 subjects randomised to one of three groups(i) spinal manipulative therapy (max 12 sessions) (ii) general exercise (12 sessions over 8 weeks) (iii) specific stabilisation exercises (12 sessions over 8 weeks

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Non specific LBP of greater than 3 months duration

Exclusion criteria

Spinal surgery past 12 months, suspected or diagnosed serious spinal pathology, nerve root compromise, contraindications to exercise.

Outcome results