Manual Therapy on the Improvement of Functional Disability in Patients With Chronic Non Specific Low Back Pain

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01496144

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : December 21, 2011

Last Update Posted : December 21, 2011

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Pierre Balthazard, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	December 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :	January 2011

Publications:

Ferreira ML, Ferreira PH, Latimer J, Herbert RD, Hodges PW, Jennings MD, Maher CG, Refshauge KM. Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trial. Pain. 2007 Sep;131(1-2):31-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.008. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Aure OF, Nilsen JH, Vasseljen O. Manual therapy and exercise therapy in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled trial with 1-year follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Mar 15;28(6):525-31; discussion 531-2. doi: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000049921.04200.A6.

Hemmila HM, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Levoska S, Puska P. Long-term effectiveness of bone-setting, light exercise therapy, and physiotherapy for prolonged back pain: a randomized controlled trial. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2002 Feb;25(2):99-104. doi: 10.1067/mmt.2002.122329.

Niemisto L, Lahtinen-Suopanki T, Rissanen P, Lindgren KA, Sarna S, Hurri H. A randomized trial of combined manipulation, stabilizing exercises, and physician consultation compared to physician consultation alone for chronic low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Oct 1;28(19):2185-91. doi: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000085096.62603.61.

Assendelft WJ, Morton SC, Yu EI, Suttorp MJ, Shekelle PG. Spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain. A meta-analysis of effectiveness relative to other therapies. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Jun 3;138(11):871-81. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-11-200306030-00008.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Balthazard P, de Goumoens P, Rivier G, Demeulenaere P, Ballabeni P, Deriaz O. Manual therapy followed by specific active exercises versus a placebo followed by specific active exercises on the improvement of functional disability in patients with chronic non specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Aug 28;13:162. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-162.

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