the Hypoalgesic Effect of Spinal Manual Therapy

Institut Franco Europeen de Chiropratique

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Back Pain

Treatments: Device: spinal manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01869140

IFEC-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study the immediate effect of spinal manual therapy on pain perception in normal subjects

Full description

Is this effect only local or is it also noticed away from the stimulated area? How long does it last? Is there a dose/response phenomenon?

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Healthy Students who volunteer from Murdoch University

Exclusion criteria

• contraindication to spinal manual therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

sham spinal manual therapy

Sham Comparator group

Description:

activator set to zero

Treatment:

Device: spinal manual therapy

percussive spinal manual therapy

Experimental group

Description:

activator set to the maximum force

Treatment:

Device: spinal manual therapy

Firm thoracic spinal manual therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Firm thoracic manipulation

Treatment:

Device: spinal manual therapy