# Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Versus Generalized Exercise for Reducing Pain in Surgeons With Chronic Spinal Pain

> **NCT07293130** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Claus Kjærgaard** · enrollment: 62 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Spinal Pain

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Generalized Exercise

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07293130
- **Lead sponsor:** Claus Kjærgaard
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-03-30
- **Primary completion:** 2027-09
- **Final completion:** 2027-12
- **Target enrollment:** 62 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-20

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07293130

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07293130, "Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Versus Generalized Exercise for Reducing Pain in Surgeons With Chronic Spinal Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07293130. Licensed CC0.

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