Effectiveness of Chiropractic Application for Acute Low Back Pain

Medipol University98 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of chiropractic application on patients who have undergone routine medication as a standard hospital treatment for mechanical low-back pain as described in the Clinical Practice Guidelines

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Interventions

diclophenac sodium (75 mg, IM) and thiocolchicoside (4 mg, IM)DRUG

Single intramuscular injection of mixture of two commercial drugs (Analgesic-anti-inflammatory and myorelaxant) at the specified dosages

Chiropractic TreatmentOTHER

High speed and low amplitude spinal manipulation techniques are applied to the case group.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 19 and 65. * Acute lower-back pain, persisting less than 6 weeks, meeting the diagnostic classification of 1 or 2 according to the Quebec Task Force on Spinal Disorders Exclusion Criteria: * Previous spine surgery * Spinal nerve root irritation or deficits, * Pregnant women, * Lower-back pain due to occupational accidents * Obesity status (body mass index\> 30). * Chronic lower-back pain longer than 6 weeks.

Locations (1)

Medipol University

Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in pain level

Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) assessment at the fifth minute after the injection of drug. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured. It uses a ten centimeter scale with a minimum of 0 indicating no pain and a maximum of 10 indicating worst pain.

Time frame: Up to 5 minutes

Change in pain level

Time frame: Up to 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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