Clinical trials: Manipulation
Low Back Pain
The McKenzie Method Versus Manipulation for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Introduction: The McKenzie method as well as spinal manipulation is commonly used for the treatment of low back pain throughout the western world.
- Trial name
- NCT00939107
- Testing
- spinal manipulation, McKenzie exercises
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Back and Rehabilitation Center, Copenhagen
Labor Pain
Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus Time Interval and Injection Volume
Studies suggest that administration of maintenance epidural solutions as programmed or automated intermittent boluses, rather than continuous infusions, result in lower bupivacaine consumption, decreased need for manual boluses…
- Trial name
- NCT00417027
- Testing
- Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus (PIEB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Otitis Media With Effusion
Osteopathic Otitis Media Research Study
The purpose of this study is to determine if the application of osteopathic manipulative medicine speeds the rate of resolution of middle ear effusion (fluid) in children following an episode of acute otitis media.
- Trial name
- OOMRS (NCT00520039)
- Testing
- osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
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
Vertebral Artery Dissection, Cerebrovascular Accident
Vertebral Artery and Cerebral Hemodynamics After Various Head Positions & Manipulation in Patients With Neck Pain
The Investigators are performing a study to determine, in patients with chronic/recurrent neck pain, the cerebrovascular hemodynamic consequences of cervical spine movements, including manipulation, in vivo using fMRI technology…
- Conditions
- Vertebral Artery Dissection, Cerebrovascular Accident, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT02667821
- Testing
- Head positions and spinal manipulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Neck Pain, Posterior
The Effect of Manipulation of the Cervical Spine on Pain Biomarkers
This study evaluates the effect of high-velocity low-amplitude thrust (HVLAT) manipulation to the cervical spine on neuropeptide expression as determined by the plasma concentration of oxytocin, neurotensin, orexin A and…
- Trial name
- HVLAT (NCT03176654)
- Testing
- HVLAT manipulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Back Pain
Spinal Manipulation and Spinal Mobilization Effects in Participants With and Without Back Pain
The objective of the present study is to compare the neuromechanical responses to spinal manipulation and spinal mobilization in participants with chronic nonspecific middle back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02660801
- Testing
- Spinal manipulation, Spinal mobilization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Physical Activity, Diet Modification
Dietary Carbohydrate Manipulation and Energy Balance: RCT
This study will investigate how dietary sugar and carbohydrates influence metabolism and health across a 12-week period, with a focus on physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT03574987
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Cocaine Use, Unspecified
Behavioral Effects of Drugs (Inpatient): 38
The specific aim of this project is to demonstrate that the decisional analysis/craving regulation aspects of CBT reduce cocaine self-administration in subjects with cocaine use disorder through diminished craving responses.
- Trial name
- NCT03954938
- Testing
- Craving Manipulation, Cocaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Stoops
Tourniquets, Knee Arthroplasty, Total
Tourniquet Pressure in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
This proposed novel randomized control trial (RCT) seeks to address this gap in TKA protocol by gaining a better understanding of the relationship between tourniquet pressure and time, and intraoperative performance and…
- Conditions
- Tourniquets, Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Knee Replacement, Total
- Trial name
- NCT02830087
- Testing
- Tourniquet Cuff Pressure
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences