Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Kinetics

Michigan State University41 enrolled

Overview

Back pain affects the majority of the population at some time. Currently there are no published and scientifically accepted objective measures to support manual medicine diagnostic and treatment techniques for back pain. The purpose of this project is to collect and evaluate objective (pressure and motion) data from standard clinical diagnostic tests.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cervical Spine

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * HEalthy and no pain in cervical spine * Pain of 3 or greater in cervical spine Exclusion Criteria: * pain of less than 3 in the cervical spine region * pregnant

Locations (1)

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility of obtaining force data during clinical assessment

Assessment of force sensing equipment while conducting clinical diagnoses

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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