Status:
COMPLETED
Manipulation, Exercise, and Self-Care for Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare three treatments for neck pain: 1) rehabilitative exercise, 2) chiropractic spinal manipulation combined with rehabilitative exercise, and 3) self-care educatio...
Detailed Description
Neck pain is very common, afflicting 10% of the population at any given time. Despite its significant socioeconomic impact, neck pain has been poorly investigated. The broad, long term objective of th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Chronic mechanical neck pain (defined as current episode \> 12 weeks' duration).
- Quebec Task Force classifications 1, 2, 3 and 4. This includes patients with neck pain, stiffness or tenderness, with or without musculoskeletal and neurological signs.
Exclusion
- Previous cervical spine surgery
- Neck pain referred from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases
- Progressive neurological deficits due to nerve root or spinal cord compression
- Existing cardiac disease requiring medical treatment
- Blood clotting disorders
- Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis
- Infectious and non-infectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the cervical spine
- Presence of significant infectious disease, or other severe disabling health problems
- Substance abuse
- Ongoing treatment for neck pain by other health care providers
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Average neck pain score of less than 30 percentage points
- Pending or current litigation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
270 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00269360
Start Date
March 1 2001
End Date
February 1 2005
Last Update
November 20 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, 55431