Manipulative therapy and/or NSAIDs for acute low back pain: design of a randomized controlled trial [ACTRN012605000036617]

Mark J Hancock¹ , Christopher G Maher¹ , Jane Latimer¹ , Andrew J McLachlan² , Chris W Cooper³ , Richard O Day⁴ , Megan F Spindler¹ and James H McAuley¹

¹Back Pain Research Group, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia

²Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

³Discipline of General Practice, Balmain Hospital, 37A Booth St, Balmain, 2041, NSW, Australia

⁴Clinical Pharmacology, UNSW & St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW, Australia