A Comparative Study: Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression and Spinal Manipulative Therapy- Utilizing a Quantifiable Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Risk Analysis Tool (MSDR®) in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

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Status

Unknown

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: MSDR

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00732394

TCT06-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

To administer the MSDR® (Musculoskeletal Disorder Reporting) instrument to document the musculoskeletal profile of patients with chronic low back pain, a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter treatment trial

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Must have Informed Consent Signed
Lumbar Disc Herniations under 5mm without Sequestered Fragments
Lumbar Disc Bulging
Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease (mild and moderate severity)
Non-pregnant Females and Males suffering from Chronic Low Back Pain from 18 to 65 years of age
Segmental Dysfunction Secondary to Dyskinesia
Unresolved Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
Patients must be able to comply with study protocol
Joint Fixation Syndrome
Premenopausal Female Patients, excluding patients who have undergone a hysterectomy, oophorectomy, or tubal ligation, must have one of the following methods of contraception and must have a negative serum or urine b-HCG pregnancy test performed within 48 hours before initiating protocol specified treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Contraindications to Spinal Manipulative Therapy
Lumbar Canal Stenosis resulting in significant neurological comprimise
Any Spinal Cord Compression resulting in significant neurological comprimise
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Infection
Osteomyelitis

->65 years of age
History of Back or Neck Surgery
Acute Arthritis
Signs or Symptoms of Arterial Aneurysm
History of Active Cancer with Bone Metastasis
Widespread Staphyloccal and/or Strepococcal Infection
Acute Gout
Serious unstable medical illness such as cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, or psychiatric.
Unstable Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis, or Spondylolysis
Prior adverse experience with Spinal Manipulation Therapy
Uncontrolled Diabetic Neuropathy
Gonorreal Spinal Arthritis
Tuberculosis to the Bone
Maligancy with Metatasis to Bone
Excessive Spinal Osteoporosis
Osteomalacia
Ankylosis
Syphlitic Articular or Peri-Articular Lesions
Active Low Back Injury Resulting from a Motor Vehicle Accident or Work Related Injury