Back crack secrets revealed: study probes muscle effects
NCT ID NCT06374862
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a type of hands-on therapy (specific back mobilizations) affects muscle activity in the back. 156 healthy adults took part. The goal was to understand the therapy's effects on muscle control, separate from placebo or natural changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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156 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 18 to 65, * healthy volunteer, * membership in a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Severe spinal trauma within the last 6 months * history of low back pain, back pain, and/or neck pain within the last 6 months, * history of spinal surgery, * history of chronic systemic disease (cardiac, respiratory, diabetes, etc.), * volunteer with Pacemaker, history of rheumatological pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Scheuermann's disease, etc.), * patient under guardianship,curatorship, safeguard of justice, patient deprived of liberty, pregnant woman and patient without Red Flags Social Security described in literature.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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