Chiropractic and Exercise for Seniors With Neck Pain
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Neck Pain
In brief
The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to assess the relative effectiveness of three conservative treatment approaches for seniors with chronic neck pain: 1) chiropractic manual treatment plus home exercise, 2) supervised exercise plus home exercise and 3) home exercise alone.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00269308
- Run by
- Northwestern Health Sciences University
- People needed
- 241
- Starts
- 2003-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-08-23
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Chronic neck pain (Defined as current episode more than 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.
- 65 years of age and older
- Independent ambulation
- Community dwelling (residency outside nursing home)
- Score of 20 or more on Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination
- Stable prescription medication plan (no changes in prescription medications that affect musculoskeletal pain in previous month)
You may not qualify if…
- Referred neck pain from local joint lesions of the upper extremities or from visceral diseases
- Significant infectious disease
- Ongoing treatment for neck pain by other health care providers
- Mean neck pain score of less than 20 percentage points
- Contraindications to exercise Determined by history or by referral to supplementary diagnostic tests (i.e., uncontrolled arrhythmias, third degree heart block, recent ECG changes, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, acute congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, poorly controlled blood pressure, uncontrolled metabolic disease)
- Contraindications to spinal manipulation (i.e. Progressive neurological deficits, blood clotting disorders, severe osteoporosis, infectious and non-infectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the spine)
Where it is running
- Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University — Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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