Short Arc Multifidus Study

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status and phase: Unknown; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Multifidus Disuse Atrophy

Treatments: Procedure: Logan Short Arc Banding

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00846664

396

SR0112080162

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients will be performing Logan short arc banding protocols to see the effect on multifidus size

Full description

The subjects will initially be scanned by diagnostic ultrasound by to assess the cross sectional area of their lumbar multifidi. Then they will perform 3 sets of 30 second periods of Logan Short Arc Banding on the ATM machine twice a week for 4 weeks and then they will be scanned again using diagnostic ultrasound to assess the effects of the rehabilitation exercise.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 54 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or Female ages 18-54

Exclusion criteria

• Asymptomatic of: Low Back Pain, previous spinal injury, surgery or other condition affecting the spine, local infection, injury or malignancy; pregnancy or any condition affecting muscle reaction time.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Group 1 wil perform short arc banding twice a week for four weeks and have diagnostic ultrasound of multifidus measured before and after intervention

Treatment:

Procedure: Logan Short Arc Banding