N/A N=98 Randomized Double-blind Treatment

Preventive Care of Chronic Cervical Pain and Disabilities

Neck Pain

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Sep 2012

Primary outcome: Primary: Neck Pain — 3.8; 3.3; 3.4 cm

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: spinal manipulation (Other); Spinal manipulation + exercises (Other)
Age: Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Primary completion: Sep 2008

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Neck Pain	3.8; 3.3; 3.4	—
SECONDARY Fear Avoidance Belief, Quality of Life, Range of Motion	—	—

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine which of tertiary prevention spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) or a home exercise program is the more efficient approach to reduce pain and increase functional capacity, quality of life and general health condition. To do so, 60 participants with chronic cervical pain, will be recruited and divided into 3 groups according to the intervention they will receive: control group, experimental group 1 who will receive preventive chiropractic care in the form of spinal manipulations and experimental group 2 will have to perform an individualized home exercise program on a daily basis. We hypothesize that a group of patient receiving SMT + a home exercise program will present less pain and functional disabilities over a 1 year period. The innovative value of this project is mainly related to the fact that it will generate new and potentially very useful data concerning the clinical significance of preventive chiropractic care. Moreover, such data will be beneficial to our profession as chiropractic makes a step towards prevention, wellness and public health.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Adults between 18 and 60 years old from the city and the surrounding Trois-Rivières with chronic cervical pain of non-traumatic origin (chronic or recurrent cervical pain that lasted at least 6 months)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for the project are:

Surgery to the cervical spine
Neoplasms
Severe osteoarthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Hypertension
Referred pain in the cervical area
Central or peripheric nervous system dysfunction
Vascular disease
Treated cardiovascular disease
Inflammatory or infectious disease of the cervical spine
Metabolic or endocrine diseases
Pregnancy
Specific rehabilitation training for the neck or already under manual therapy for neck pain
Patient suffering from dizziness, vertigo or headache suspected to be cervicogenic or of unknown origin will not be involved in the study.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00566930). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.