Clinical trials: Manipulation, Spinal
Back Pain
Muscle Activation Characteristics During Spinal Manipulation in Healthy and Low Back Pain Participants
To characterize muscle activity through electromyography (EMG) of the lumbar spine during high velocity, low amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation according to parameters of practitioner contact (location, applied force) in…
- Trial name
- NCT03483714
- Testing
- Spinal Manipulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy
Experimental Evaluation of Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arms
Researchers from the University of South Florida's Rehabilitation Engineering program are looking for volunteers to participate in a research study for experimental evaluation of wheelchair-mounted robotic arms (WMRAs).
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- HRI (NCT01652352)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Lumbar Disc Herniation
A Biomechanical Study of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc by Lever Positioning Manipulation
Purpose of Study: The purpose of this clinical trial is the clinical efficacy of different trigger modes of lever positioning manipulation (LPM) for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH).
- Trial name
- NCT06872918
- Testing
- Lever positioning manipulation, Cluster of pseudo-manipulators, Mechanics and kinematics data acquisition of unilateral wrenching patterns in lever positioning manipulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Chronic Low-back Pain, Back Disorder
Movement Performance in Persons With Chronic Back Pain
The goal of this laboratory-based cross-over randomized controlled study is to study the immediate effects Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and exercise therapy (ET) compared to open-label placebo (OLP) on movement performance…
- Trial name
- NCT06891625
- Testing
- SMT, ET, OLP
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Bruxism, Muscle Disorder
Effect of Spinal Manipulation on Electromyography of the Masseter Muscle
Research Problem: To know the immediate effects of high speed and low amplitude cervical manipulation on the electromyographic activity of the masseter muscles of physiotherapy students at the University of the Americas Course…
- Trial name
- NCT05138926
- Testing
- Cervical Manipulation
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Americas - Chili
Chronic Nonspecific Low-back Pain, CNSLBP
Effects of Virtual Reality Exergames Versus Spinal Manipulation in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the acute effects of virtual reality exergames (VR-EXG) and spinal manipulation on pain, kinesiophobia, mood states, functional disability and lumbar range of motion in individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT07876960
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Spinal manipulation
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Sports Physical Therapy, Neuromuscular Subluxation of Joint
The Effect of Lumbar and Sacroiliac Manipulation on Football Players
The purpose of this study was to assess the immediate effects of chiropractic spinal manipulation methods on the lumbar and sacroiliac regions on professional soccer players' flexibility and leaping abilities.
- Trial name
- ELSMFP (NCT06568666)
- Testing
- Lumbar spinal manipulation, Sacroiliac joint manipulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- SEFA HAKTAN HATIK
Low Back Pain
Osteopathic Health Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain (OSTEOPATHIC) Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (a type of spinal manipulative therapy used by osteopathic physicians) and ultrasound physical therapy are effective in the treatment of chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT00315120
- Testing
- A. Active OMT and active UST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 455 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Patient Safety, Manipulation, Spinal
(MIST2)-Part2: AEs Following DC Care at DC Teaching Clinic: Electronic
This study aims to compare different ways to establish severity from patients reporting a new or worsening symptom (adverse event) following a chiropractic treatment at a teaching clinic using an electronic platform.
- Trial name
- MIST2 (NCT03412110)
- Testing
- active surveillance: electronic platform
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Parker University
Cervical Spondylosis
Clinical Evaluation for Digital Acupuncture Manipulation Therapeutic Instrument
The investigators design a randomized, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of digital acupuncture instrument in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy patients using the following outcomes: the Visual analogue…
- Trial name
- NCT04525651
- Testing
- Digital Acupuncture Manipulation Therapeutic Instrument, Manual Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chronic Headache
Chiropractic Treatment for Headache Among Children Aged 7-14
The primary aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation treatment versus placebo treatment in children suffering from headache for more than six months.
- Trial name
- NCT02684916
- Testing
- Chiropractic treatment
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
Back Pain, Scoliosis
Back Pain and Spinal Manipulation in Adolescent Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) affects 2 - 3% of children and adolescents older than 10 years and is of unknown cause. It was initially thought that occurrences of back pain (BP) were similar to the one encounter in…
- Trial name
- NCT02609009
- Testing
- Spinal Manipulation Therapy, Usual Medical Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Chronic Low Back Pain
A Comparative Study: Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression and Spinal Manipulative Therapy- Utilizing a Quantifiable Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Risk Analysis Tool (MSDR®) in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
To administer the MSDR® (Musculoskeletal Disorder Reporting) instrument to document the musculoskeletal profile of patients with chronic low back pain, a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter treatment trial
- Trial name
- NCT00732394
- Testing
- MSDR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MedAppraise, Inc.
Back Pain
Comparison of Activator Manipulation Versus Manual Side Posture Manipulation in Patients With Low Back Pain
This study compared the treatment effect of Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique (AMCT) and manual Diversified type spinal manipulative therapy in a sample of patients with acute and sub-acute low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT00497861
- Testing
- Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cleveland Chiropractic College
Spinal Manipulation
The Role of the Rate of Force Application in Responses to Spinal Manipulation Therapy
The objective of the present study is to determine if spinal manipulations with a constant rate of force application but with different peak force and time to peak force lead to similar responses in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02550132
- Testing
- Spinal manipulation, Apparatus used to deliver spinal manipulations
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Neck Pain
Effects of Pain, Disability and Cervicokinesthesia After Cervical Manipulation
Cervical spine manipulation has been found to be effective in patients with mechanical neck pain. Discrepancies exist on the side of manipulation and the placebo effect of this manual intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02645630
- Testing
- Right Cervical Manipulation, Left Cervical Manipulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Low Back Pain
Additional Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education to Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain
Objectives: The primary objective will be to investigate the additional effect (immediate and after one-month follow up) of pain neuroscience education (PNE) to Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) on primary outcomes of pain…
- Trial name
- NCT03356886
- Testing
- Spinal Manipulative Technique, Pain Neuroscience Education
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Sciatica, Low Back Pain
Effects of Extension Biased External Limb Loading in Addition to McKenzie Extension Protocol in Lumbar Derangement Syndrome
Low back pain is one of the most common problem affecting one's daily living activities. McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnostic Therapy (MDT) is an appealing modality of treatment.
- Conditions
- Sciatica, Low Back Pain, Low Back Pain, Mechanical
- Trial name
- NCT04155450
- Testing
- Extension Biased External Limb Loading Exercises, McKenzie Extension Exercise Protocol, Moist Heat
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation University Islamabad
Healthy Subjects
Neurophysiologic Effects of Cervical Spinal Manipulation in Asymptomatic Individuals
This study had the goal of analyse the neurophysiologic effects of both mechanical and manual cervical manipulation, in asymptomatic individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT03463343
- Testing
- Cervical spine manual manipulation, Cervical spine mechanical manipulation
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
Low Back Pain
Specific or Non-Specific Manipulation for Patients With Back Pain
We aim to evaluate the long-term effects of 10 sessions of spinal manipulative therapy applied in a vertebral region-specific or region nonspecific level immediately after treatment and 3 and 6 months after randomization.
- Trial name
- NCT02883634
- Testing
- Specific manipulation, Non-specific manipulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo