Comparison of the effectiveness of three manual physical therapy techniques in a subgroup of patients with low back pain who satisfy a clinical prediction rule: Study protocol of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00257998]

Joshua A Cleland¹ , Julie M Fritz² , John D Childs³ and Kornelia Kulig⁴

¹  Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Franklin Pierce College 5 Chenell Drive, Concord, NH 03301; and Research Coordinator, Rehabilitation Services, Concord Hospital, Concord, NH, USA

²  Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Clinical Outcomes Research Scientist, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

³  Assistant Professor and Director of Research, US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, San Antonio, TX, USA

⁴  Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy, Department of Biokinesiology and PT, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA