Logan Basic During Pregnancy on Labor and Childbirth

• Sponsor: Logan College of Chiropractic (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00740350
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 50
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 23.1
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 2.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if women who have chiropractic care, according to the Logan Basic Protocol for adjusting, during pregnancy have an easier, shorter labor and delivery as compared to women who haven't had chiropractic care during pregnancy.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Pregnancy	Procedure: Logan Basic	Phase 1/Phase 2

Detailed Description

This study will be designed to test if the Logan Basic Technique system of adjusting pregnant women can reduce labor time and increase the ease of labor and delivery as compared to the labor times reported by Kilpatrick and Laros in the obstetric literature. It is proposed that women who have regular chiropractic care throughout pregnancy or at least for the third trimester will have an easier labor and delivery as well as a shorter labor time than is reported in the literature.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 50 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Does the Logan Basic Protocol for Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy Reduce Labor Time and Increase the Ease of Labor and Childbirth?
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2007
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Feb 1, 2009
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Feb 1, 2009

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Logan Basic chiropractic adjustments during pregnancy.	Procedure: Logan Basic; Logan Basic chiropractic adjustments during pregnancy.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Post delivery interview/questionnaire [2 weeks post delivery]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 50 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20-24 weeks pregnant

• enrolled in a separate pre-natal care protocol with an outside provider

• a Logan College Student or member of the family of a Logan Student ("family" as defined by CCE designation)

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Logan University, College of Chiropractic	Chesterfield	Missouri	United States	63017

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Logan College of Chiropractic

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00740350
• Other Study ID Numbers: SR0627080139
• First Posted: Aug 25, 2008
• Last Update Posted: Aug 25, 2008
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2008

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 25, 2008