Trigger Point Therapy Versus Manipulation Correcting Thoracic Manipulable Lesion

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Somatic Dysfunction; Spinal Manipulable Lesion

Treatments: Procedure: spinal manipulation; Procedure: trigger point therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01123226

AECC05052010

Details and patient eligibility

About

There will be no difference between trigger point therapy and spinal manipulation in correcting a spine joint dysfunction in the back

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• mechanical thoracic back pain
• age 18-64
• presence of at least one spinal manipulable lesion
• presence of a trigger point associated with the spinal manipulable lesion
• able to lie prone on a treatment table for 15 minutes

Exclusion criteria

• absolute contraindications to spinal manipulation
• specific thoracic back pain
• bleeding diathesis, use of anticoagulants, long-term corticosteroid use
• involved in litigation for thoracic back pain
• inability to read or write English fluently
• treatment with manipulation or myofascial therapy within past three days

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Diversified HVLA spinal manipulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: spinal manipulation

Trigger point pressure release

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: trigger point therapy