Clareo Health | The Effects of Thrust Joint Manipulation on the Resting and Contracting Thickness of Transversus Abdominis in Subjects With Low Back Pain
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Lead
Nova Southeastern University
With
DeRosa Physical Therapy
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Patients with low back pain (LBP) will undergo ultrasound imaging of the transversus abdominis to measure the muscle thickness at rest and at the contracted state prior to intervention and again immediately after intervention. In this randomized controlled trial, patients will be randomized into one of two groups. One group will receive the intervention of thrust joint manipulation of the lumbar spine and the other group will receive the intervention of non-thrust joint manipulation of the lumbar spine.
Age
18–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Adults between 18-70 years of age with primary symptom of LBP, with or without referral into lower extremity.
Subjects must be able to read and write in English.
You may not be if
Presence of serious pathology.
Diagnosis of spinal stenosis or symptoms in both lower legs (changes in sensation, muscle weakness).
Any history of low back surgery, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, osteopenia, scoliosis, or ankylosing spondylitis.
Pregnancy
Pending legal action.
Prior surgery to the lumbar spine or fractures of the lumbar spine.
