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Table 2 Summary of clinical activities in the visit-by-visit basis

From: Study protocol for patient response to spinal manipulation – a prospective observational clinical trial on physiological and patient-centered outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain

 

Visit

Activities

Screening

Phone screen

Computer‒assisted telephone interview

Baseline visit 1

Informed consent document

Study flow chart

Study procedure video

HIPAA

Patient-centered outcomes

Past medical history

Medication checklist

Demographics & Vital signs

Examination

X-ray & Urinalysis, if indicated

 

Case review

Baseline visit 2

Report of findings, enroll

Treatment

Treatment visit 1

Pre-treatment Pain in VAS

Physiological assessments

Treatment-full kinetics

Physiological assessments

Post-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment visit 2

Pre-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment

Post-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment visit 3

Pre-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment-simple kinetics

Post-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment visit 4

Same as treatment visit 2

Treatment visit 5

Same as treatment visit 1

Treatment visit 6

Patient-centered outcomes

Pre-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment

Post-treatment pain in VAS

Treatment visits 7-8

Same as treatment visit 2

Treatment visit 9

Same as treatment visit 3

Treatment visits 10-11

Same as treatment visit 2

Treatment visit 12

Same as treatment visit 1

Exit interview

Treatment visit 13 (Final)

Patient-centered outcomes

Satisfaction questionnaire

  

Exit interview

  1. HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; VAS: visual analog scale.