Efficacy of Spinal Manipulation Therapy or Mindfulness-based Reduction Therapy on Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Chronic Pain Management (CPM) has increasingly utilized long-term opioid analgesic therapy, a
change associated with increased opioid abuse (a greater exposure in vulnerable individuals),
non-pain health consequences (hormone changes, falls), and a dramatic rise in opioid-related
overdoses and deaths. Treatment strategies that minimize the need for chronic high-dose
opioids are sorely needed. This project will aim to test what degree mindfulness therapy (MT)
and spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) produce pre- to mid- to post-treatment changes in
endogenous opioid (EO) function.