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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| AECC30610 | Other Identifier | Anglo-European College of Chiropractic |
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The purposes of this study are to determine if there is a difference between two treatment methods of spine joints that are not moving as they should as determined by tenderness over the spine and activity of the muscles along side the spine with movement.
The hypothesis is that there will be no difference between the two types of treatment.
Two specialised instruments used for treating manipulable lesions of the spine will be compared using muscle relaxation response of the erector spinae muscles and correction of the spinal manipulable lesion.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Multiple thrust Impulse instrument | Active Comparator | This instrument automatically delivers 12 thrusts at the same intensity over the joint involved. |
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| Single impulse Activator IV instrument | Active Comparator | This is a manual spring loaded device that delivers one thrust to the joint involved |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Activator IV single impulse instrument | Device | This is a manually operated device that delivers a single thrust into the joint involved. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Correction of the spinal manipulable lesion | Tests used to determine the presence of a spinal manipulable lesion (a lesion in the spine requiring manipulation) will be used post-treatment to determine of correction has been achieved. | An average of 5 minutes from the the end of first treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pressure pain threshold over the spinous process | An instrument used to measure pressure in kilograms is placed over the spinous process of the vertebra involved and the level of pressure is recorded when the sensation of pressure changes to pain. | An average of 5 minutes from the end of the first treatment |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Hugh Gemmell, DC, EdD | Contact | 44202436200 | 268 | hgemmell@aecc.ac.uk |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Hugh Gemmell, DC, EdD | Anglo-European College of Chiropractic | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Anglo-European College of Chiropractic | Bournemouth | Dorset | BH5 2DF | United Kingdom |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017116 | Low Back Pain |
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| D001416 | Back Pain |
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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| Multiple thrust Impulse adjusting instrument | Device | A device used for delivering 12 thrusts to the involved joint of the lumbar spine. |
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| Surface EMG (electromyography) of the lumbar erector spinae flexion-relaxation response |
Surface electromyography will be used pre-treatment and post-treatment to determine if a change in muscle activity occurs with flexing the lumbar spine. |
| An average of 5 minutes from the end of treatment. |
| D013568 |
| Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |