Recruiting
Early Phase 1

Multifidus Study

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00846664

Conditions

Multifidus Disuse Atrophy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 54

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Logan Short Arc Banding

Study Details

Brief summary:

Patients will be performing Logan short arc banding protocols to see the effect on multifidus size

Conditions

Multifidus Disuse Atrophy

Study ID

NCT00846664

Start date

Feb, 2009

Status verified date

Feb, 2009

Completion date

Mar, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 54

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or Female ages 18-54

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Asymptomatic of: Low Back Pain, previous spinal injury, surgery or other condition affecting the spine, local infection, injury or malignancy; pregnancy or any condition affecting muscle reaction time.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Group 1

Group 1 wil perform short arc banding twice a week for four weeks and have diagnostic ultrasound of multifidus measured before and after intervention

Interventions

Logan Short Arc Banding

Group 1 wil perform short arc banding twice a week for four weeks and have diagnostic ultrasound of multifidus measured before and after intervention

Primary outcome measure

  • Multifidus cross sectional area [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Adam Morrell, DC

636-227-2100adam.morrell@logan.edu

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Feb 19, 2009

Last verified

Feb, 2009

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2009-02-19.