Changes in Functional Movement Scores Associated With Multimodal Chiropractic Care: a Pilot Feasibility Study

Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are at high risk of injuries, often related to overexertion while lifting or carrying patients or equipment. They require a high level of functional fitness to operate safely and avoid injuries. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore feasibility and assess effects of multimodal chiropractic care on Functional Movement Screen (FMS) scores among EMS students.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chiropractic
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: multimodal chiropractic care

Detailed Description

EMS students at a local community college voluntarily completed baseline FMS testing. Those who obtained 14 or less, a sign of movement dysfunction, were recruited to participate in a study to evaluate effects of multimodal chiropractic care on FMS scores. Participants received multimodal chiropractic care with an emphasis on spinal manipulation and corrective exercise for up to 6 weeks.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Kansas
    • Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66210
      • Cleveland University Kansas City Chiropractic Health Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• current healthy paramedic students;

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Pre-intervention and post-intervention FMS scores; multimodal chiropractic care with FMS scores assessed pre- and post-intervention	Other: multimodal chiropractic care; functional movement score followed by intervention of multimodal chiropractic care including spinal/extremity manipulation and exercise recommendation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Functional movement screen score (FMS)	6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cleveland University Kansas City
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mark Pfefer, RN, MS, DC, Cleveland University Kansas City

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 10, 2023
• First Posted (Estimate): January 19, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 19, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 10, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 12062021

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No