Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Kinetics

Back pain affects the majority of the population at some time. Currently there are no published and scientifically accepted objective measures to support manual medicine diagnostic and treatment techniques for back pain. The purpose of this project is to collect and evaluate objective (pressure and motion) data from standard clinical diagnostic tests.

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Key information

Conditions

Cervical Spine

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

HEalthy and no pain in cervical spine
Pain of 3 or greater in cervical spine

Exclusion criteria

pain of less than 3 in the cervical spine region
pregnant

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Feasibility of obtaining force data during clinical assessment

Time frame: 1 year

Assessment of force sensing equipment while conducting clinical diagnoses

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Michigan State University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Jun 20, 2011
Registry last updated: Dec 1, 2011

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