Ciropractic Care and Pregnant Women (ChiroPW)

Barcelona College of Chiropractic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Back; Quality of Life; Pregnancy Related; Sleep

Treatments: Procedure: Chiropractic adjustments

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04919278

BCC2018AJ

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Chiropractic care on pain, quality of life and sleep in pregnant women compared to a control group.

The study is designed as non-randomized controlled trial. Forty-two pregnant women at least on the 14th week of gestation will be included. Control group will include women receiving regular care, but no chiropractic care. Care will extend for 4 weeks.

Outcomes measures include sleep quality, pain and quality of life questionnaires.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnant women over the age of 18
• of at least 14 weeks gestation,
• with a good understanding of English, Spanish or French.

Exclusion criteria

• women over the age of 45,
• pregnancies of more than 35 weeks gestation
• high-risk pregnancies (tobacco, alcohol or substance use, diagnosed medical conditions or high blood pressure).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be evaluated for any health contraindication. Once reviewed they will received full spine chiropractic treatment for 4 weeks, at the rate of one adjustment per week. After three visits they will complete the outcome measures

Treatment:

Procedure: Chiropractic adjustments

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Paticipants will be selected amongst thse attending predelivery sessions. They receive no chiropracti care. They will complete the outcomes at the same time as the Intervention group and then 4 weeks later.