RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06852898

Comparative Clinical Trial: Manual Therapy With and Without Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy to Treat Acute Low Back Pain

Manual Therapy With Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Compared to Manual Therapy Alone for the Treatment of Acute Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial


Sponsor

Northeast College of Health Sciences

Enrollment

60 participants

Start Date

Jun 1, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the addition of radial pulse therapy to chiropractic care will help adult patients recover faster to an acute bout of low back pain. Radial pulse therapy is the application of acoustic waves that passes through the skin to tissues and cells in the body. The main questions that the clinical trial aims to answer are: * Does the addition of radial pulse therapy to chiropractic care result in better or earlier reduction in pain intensity? * Does the addition of radial pulse therapy to chiropractic care result in better or earlier improvement in physical function? Researchers will compare radial pulse therapy plus chiropractic care to chiropractic care alone to see if patients with acute low back pain recover faster with the addition of radial pulse therapy. Participants will: * Visit the clinic once a week for 5 weeks * Receive chiropractic care with or without the addition of radial pulse therapy to the low back and hip regions of the body * Report their pain intensity and perform a physical function test at each clinic visit


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 40 Years

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This clinical trial is studying Chiropractic Care and Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) - Radial Pulse Therapy for people with acute lower back pain. The study is currently recruiting participants at 1 location.

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Interventions

OTHERChiropractic Care

Chiropractic Care is the active comparator arm / intervention. All subjects will receive chiropractic care.

OTHERRadial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) - Radial Pulse Therapy

This intervention is answering the question: Does on radial ESWT have additive therapeutic effects on the recovery of acute lower back pain symptoms - better or earlier reduction in pain intensity or improvement in physical function - than chiropractic care / manual therapy alone? Subjects will be randomly assigned to receive chiropractic care and ESWT or only chiropractic care.


Locations(1)

Seneca Falls Health Center at Northeast College of Health Sciences

Seneca Falls, New York, United States

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