Chiropractic and Exercise for Seniors With Low Back Pain
Low Back Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Low Back Pain focused on measuring Randomized, Clinical Trial, Low Back Pain, Chiropractic, Manual Therapies, Exercise
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Sub-Acute and chronic low back pain (Defined as current episode more than 6 weeks duration.) Quebec Task Force classifications 1, 2, 3 and 4. (This includes patients with back pain, stiffness or tenderness, with or without musculoskeletal signs and neurological signs.{1570}) 65 years of age and older Independent ambulation Community dwelling (residency outside nursing home) Score of 20 or more on Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination{13246} Stable prescription medication plan (no changes in prescription medications that affect musculoskeletal pain in previous month) Exclusion Criteria: Referred low back pain from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases Significant infectious disease Determined by history or by referral to supplementary diagnostic tests Ongoing treatment for low back pain by other health care providers Mean baseline low back pain score of 20 percentage points or less Contraindications to exercise Determined by history or by referral to supplementary diagnostic tests (i.e., uncontrolled arrhythmias, third degree heart block, recent ECG changes, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, acute congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, poorly controlled blood pressure, uncontrolled metabolic disease Contraindications to spinal manipulation (i.e. Progressive neurological deficits blood clotting disorders; infectious and non-infectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the spine; severe osteoporosis)
Sites / Locations
- Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
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