Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Manipulation, Exercise, and Self-Care for Low Back Pain
Brief Summary: The broad, long term objective of this interdisciplinary research is to identify effective therapies for low back pain sufferers and to increase our understanding of this important condition. The primary aim is to examine the relative efficacy of chiropractic spinal manipulation, rehabilitative exercise, and self-care education in terms of patient-rated outcomes in the short and long term for non-acute low back pain.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects of both genders between 18 and 65 years of age with chronic non-specific LBP (pain for more than 3 months) with a pain intensity of at least 3 points measured by a 0-10 points pain numerical rating scale
* Subjects must be able to stand and walk independently
* Subjects must be able to read in Portuguese

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with any contraindication to physical exercise according to the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine
* Subjects with severe depression (measured by depression, anxiety and stress scale - DASS)
* Subjects with serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis), nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological compromise, spinal stenosis, and others), serious cardiorespiratory diseases, previous back surgery or pregnancy.
* Subjects that cannot be classified into any of the five categories of the Movement System Impairment model upon initial assessment
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* low back pain for more than 3 months
* patients willing to participate and could participate in an exercise program safely and without cognitive impairments that would limit their participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

* past history of back surgery
* rheumatologic disorders
* spine infections
* spine exercise training in the 3 months before study onset.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* low back pain over 3 month
* the pain must originate locally from the lowe back and be nociceptive

Exclusion Criteria:

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D: Inclusion Criteria: patients are 18-65 years of age; Québec task force classification 1,2,3 and 4 (this includes patients with back pain, stiffness or tenderness, with or without musculoskeletal signs and neurological signs); primary complaint of back pain, with current episode greater than or equal to six weeks duration(this includes subacute and chronic patients for whom the study treatments are an option)

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Exclusion Criteria:

* previous lumbar spine surgery; back pain referred from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases; progressive neurological deficits due to nerve root or spinal cord compression; aortic and peripheral vascular disease; existing cardiac disease requiring medical treatment; blood clotting disorders; diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis; infectious and noninfectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the lumbar spine; presence of significant infectious disease, or other severe debilitating health problems; substance abuse; ongoing treatment for back pain by other health care providers; pregnant or nursing women; pain score of less than 30 percentage points; pending our current litigation

Answer: D