Conservative care with or without manipulative therapy in the management of back and/or neck pain in Danish children aged 9–15: a randomised controlled trial nested in a school-based cohort

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Published online 2018 Sep 10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021358

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Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Pain in neck or back equal to or greater than 3 on an 11-box Numerical Rating Scale for more than 3 days indicated by the child at the first visit.	Serious pathology (cancer, inflammatory diseases, vertebral fractures, cauda equina syndrome).
	Manual treatment for the past 2 months (for this particular complaint).
	Handicaps preventing normal physical activity.