The purposes of this study are to determine if there is a difference between two treatment methods of spine joints that are not moving as they should as determined by tenderness over the spine and activity of the muscles along side the spine with movement. The hypothesis is that there will be no difference between the two types of treatment.
Two specialised instruments used for treating manipulable lesions of the spine will be compared using muscle relaxation response of the erector spinae muscles and correction of the spinal manipulable lesion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
This is a manually operated device that delivers a single thrust into the joint involved.
A device used for delivering 12 thrusts to the involved joint of the lumbar spine.
Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Correction of the spinal manipulable lesion
Tests used to determine the presence of a spinal manipulable lesion (a lesion in the spine requiring manipulation) will be used post-treatment to determine of correction has been achieved.
Time frame: An average of 5 minutes from the the end of first treatment
Pressure pain threshold over the spinous process
An instrument used to measure pressure in kilograms is placed over the spinous process of the vertebra involved and the level of pressure is recorded when the sensation of pressure changes to pain.
Time frame: An average of 5 minutes from the end of the first treatment
Surface EMG (electromyography) of the lumbar erector spinae flexion-relaxation response
Surface electromyography will be used pre-treatment and post-treatment to determine if a change in muscle activity occurs with flexing the lumbar spine.
Time frame: An average of 5 minutes from the end of treatment.
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