Clinical trial NCT01402895: The Effect Of A Neurodynamic Treatment On Nerve Conduction In Clients With Low Back Pain
Official title: The Effect Of A Neurodynamic Treatment On Nerve Conduction In Clients With Low Back Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Keywords: Nerve conduction
H-reflex, mobilizations
with neurodynamic component
Lead sponsor: McMaster University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2011-07-26
Enrollment: 9
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine if a certain treatment for low back pain can change the way nerves in the leg send messages. Specifically, the investigators will examine whether a particular type of physical therapy treatment for individuals with low back pain (neurodynamic techniques) changes the speed that nerves send/receive signals to/from the leg, as compared to a different physical therapy treatment.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Males and females aged 18 years and older
* Participants who can speak English and read, understand, and fill out the consent form and questionnaires
* Participants will have a certain level of low back pain graded numerically, with or without radiation to the leg
* Clinical decision (by same individual) as safe to participate in study based on subjective history and objective examination.

Exclusion Criteria:

* An inability to tolerate sitting for 10 minutes
* Nerve conduction disorders diagnosed by a physician such as, diabetes or MS
* Current participant in an investigational drug study (within past 3 months)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in nerve conduction studies
timeFrame: Change from baseline after intervention, on average 1.5 hours after baseline measure
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change of knee extension in sitting slump test
timeFrame: Change from baseline after intervention, on average 1.5 hours after baseline measure
measure: Change in score of Visual Analog Scale for pain
timeFrame: Change from baseline after intervention, on average 1.5 hours after baseline measure
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hamilton
country: Canada
facility: McMaster University
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: McMaster University
name: Victoria Galea, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: McMaster University
name: Joy MacDermid, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: University of Alberta
name: Linda Woodhouse, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: McMaster University
name: Anita Gross, MSc
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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