Clinical trials: Backache
Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Soft Active Back Exosuit to Reduce Workplace Back Pain
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a wearable back exosuit can make it safer and easier for workers who bend, lift, and lower objects in an industrial setting.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Low Back Injury
- Trial name
- NCT05802914
- Testing
- Back Exosuit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Chronic Low Back Pain
Aging Back Clinics
The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways to treat chronic low back pain. The two types of treatment that the investigators will compare are called Usual Care and ABC Care. Usual Care tends to focus on the spine.
- Trial name
- NCT03564600
- Testing
- Aging Back Clinics management
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Low Back Pain
Intra-operative Ketamine Infusions in Opioid-dependent Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain
Noxious stimuli occurring intraoperatively and postoperatively generate central sensitization, decreasing pain thresholds and ultimately increasing analgesic requirements.
- Trial name
- NCT00899600
- Testing
- Ketamine, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Low Back Pain
The Glucosamine-study: The Effect of Glucosamine in Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) is the most frequent cause of sick leave and disability pension, and degenerative and osteoarthritic (OA) changes is a significant cause of pain and disability.
- Trial name
- NCT00404079
- Testing
- Glucosamine sulphate
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ullevaal University Hospital
Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain
High Frequency Stimulation Trials in Patients With Precision Spinal Cord Stimulator System
Study designed to compare the conventional stimulation programming versus the high frequency stimulation programming of the spinal cord stimulator for subjects who already have a spinal cord stimulator.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain, Radiculopathy, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Trial name
- HFSCS (NCT02265848)
- Testing
- High frequency stimulation, Low frequency stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Center for Clinical Research, Winston-Salem, NC
Physical Endurance
Isometric Core Muscle Endurance in Healthy Active and Non-active Working Age Populations
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate a possible correlation between core muscle endurance and participants' age in healthy adult population.
- Trial name
- NCT04209335
- Testing
- isometric core muscle endurance testing
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanna Holmberg
Chronic Pain
Central Nervous System Amplification in Lumbar Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to learn whether or not certain risk factors and patient characteristics are linked with and possibly can predict the development of chronic pain after lumbar spine surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT03444168
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Subacute Low Back Pain
Subacute Low Back Pain in Active Duty
The overall objective of this project is to compare three home-managed treatment regimens for subacute low back pain: Progressive Exercise Plan (PEP), NMES (neuromuscular electrical stimulation) core strength training and…
- Trial name
- LBP (NCT03502187)
- Testing
- Progressive Exercise Plan, NeuromuscularElectricalStimulation(NMES), Primary Care Management (PCM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Low Back Pain
Predicting Patients' Response to Spinal Manipulation
The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of two types of chiropractic spinal manipulation to conservative medical care for patients at least 55 years old with sub-acute or chronic LBP.
- Trial name
- NCT00285649
- Testing
- HVLA-SM, LVVA-SM, Usual Medical Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palmer College of Chiropractic
Lower Back Pain
Investigating the Effects of a Spinal Mobilisation Intervention in People With Lower Back Pain
The objective of the study is to measure and analyse the effect of a spinal mobilisation intervention on muscle tissue quality in people with lower back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT04012970
- Testing
- Manual spinal mobilisations
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edinburgh Napier University
Chronic Low-back Pain
Brain Effects of Opiate Agonist and Antagonist
This study will look at the short-term effect of morphine on brain response to food.
- Trial name
- NCT04342130
- Testing
- Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Radiculopathy, Herniated Disk
Percutaneous Diskectomy SpineJet x Open Microdiskectomy in Treatment of Lumbar Radiculopathy
Approximately 300,000 patients undergo open surgical procedures to treat symptoms caused by disc herniation. Among the various surgical techniques practiced the percutaneous discectomy occupies its space since the first…
- Trial name
- PDOP_TLR (NCT01367860)
- Testing
- Open microdiscectomy, Percutaneous Diskectomy SpineJet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Chronic Pain, Back Pain Lower Back Chronic
Mind-body Treatments for Chronic Back Pain
Participants with chronic back pain will complete an online prescreen. They will then be randomized to one of two different studies: a placebo vs. waitlist study or a psychotherapy vs.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Back Pain Lower Back Chronic, Back Pain, Low
- Trial name
- NCT03294148
- Testing
- Psychotherapy Treatment for Chronic Back Pain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Low Back Pain
Effects and Mechanisms of Specific Trunk Exercises in Low Back Pain
Low back pain affects 80% of Americans at some time during their lives. Although recovery usually occurs within 6 months, there is a 50% recurrence within one year's time.
- Trial name
- NCT01611792
- Testing
- Stabilization exercise protocol, Strength and conditioning exercise protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Back Pain
Epidural Clonidine Versus Corticosteroid for Low Back Pain
Low back pain is a common condition, affecting majority of the adults in the United States at some point in their lives. Fortunately, most resolve, even without treatment. However, some suffer from continued or recurrent pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02239627
- Testing
- Epidural steroid, Clonidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West Virginia University
Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Injury
Does Self-efficacy Predict Outcomes Among U.S. Military Academy Cadets During Initial Entry Training?
Background: Lower back injuries are a common occurrence in athletes, sports programs, and in the military (Bengtsson, 2018; Lovalekar, 2021).
- Trial name
- NCT05453110
- Testing
- Deadlift Form Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 903 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Keller Army Community Hospital
Low Back Pain, Recurrent, Healthy
Effects of Sleep Disruption on Drug Response
The central scientific premise of the proposed study is that sleep disruption (SD) will influence individuals' subjective response to blinded medication administration.
- Trial name
- NCT03680287
- Testing
- Within-Subject test of blinded study medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation With Precision® System Versus Reoperation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
The EVIDENCE trial is a randomized controlled trial comparing the therapeutic effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Precision® Spinal Cord Stimulation with that of reoperation as a treatment of pain in patients with Failed…
- Conditions
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Pain, Back Pain
- Trial name
- Evidence (NCT01036529)
- Testing
- Precision Spinal Cord Stimulator, Back Surgery
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Chronic Pain
Optimal Stimulation Programming for Spinal Peripheral Neuromodulation
To determine the best parameters with various leads to cover back and leg pain and provide best pain relief
- Trial name
- NCT02346383
- Testing
- preset program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carolinas Center for Advanced Management of Pain
Low Back Pain
Patient Response to Spinal Manipulation
This is a biomechanical study which is Project 1 in the Developmental Center for Clinical and Translational Research in Chiropractic (DCRC I) (NIH/NCCAM grant 1 U19 AT004663-01; principal investigator Christine Goertz, DC, PhD).
- Trial name
- PRiSM (NCT01670292)
- Testing
- HVLA-SM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palmer College of Chiropractic