Clinical trials: Chiropractic
Low Back Pain
Manipulation, Exercise, and Self-Care for Low Back Pain
The broad, long term objective of this interdisciplinary research is to identify effective therapies for low back pain sufferers and to increase our understanding of this important condition.
- Trial name
- NCT00269347
- Testing
- Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation, Exercise, Self-care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern Health Sciences University
Healthy Individuals
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Spinal Stabilization Exercises and Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation
It is the study of the effectiveness of spinal stabilization exercises and chiropractic spinal manipulation in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT04830098
- Testing
- Spinal stabilization exercises, Chiropractic manipulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Subluxation
Instantaneous EEG Changes Following Chiropractic Adjustment or Sham
The project is a randomized, two-arm trial assessing the immediate impact of upper and lower cervical chiropractic adjustments on brain and heart patterns.
- Trial name
- INS (NCT05864703)
- Testing
- Adjustment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Life University
Gait
Effect of Manipulation of the Ankle Joint on Gait
The purpose of this study is to determine if manipulation of the ankle improves some measurable characteristics of how a person walks.
- Trial name
- NCT01787721
- Testing
- Ankle manipulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bridgeport
Lower Back Pain
Using MRI Scans to Evaluate Spinal Manipulation
Lumbar spinal manipulation, or chiropractic adjusting, is thought to separate the surfaces of the spinal joints and thereby relieve lower back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT00070902
- Testing
- Lumbar side-posture spinal adjusting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Chiropractic Maintenance Care and Heart Rate Variability
Relationship Between Chiropractic Care and Autonomic Nervous System Regulation
The objective for this study is to explore the utility of biometric devices to measure changes in heart rate variability (HRV) during chiropractic maintenance care. The study will use WHOOP wearable technology to measure HRV.
- Trial name
- NCT05401903
- Testing
- Chiropractic Maintenance Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northeast College of Health Sciences
Manual Therapy
Manual Therapy Force Perception Scale
The objective of this observational study is to pilot a scale designed to assist clinicians in evaluating the force they perceive during manual therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06430281
- Testing
- Manual therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Pediatric ALL
Measurement of Spinal Mobilization in Pediatric Population
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to measure the biomechanical parameters during a vertebral mobilization delivered by chiropractors on patients of five years old of age and younger.
- Trial name
- NCT05607355
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières