Cervical and Upper Thoracic Mobilization and Manipulation for Mechanical Neck Pain

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Neck Pain

In brief

The objective of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of a large-scale trial. The primary objective is to determine if manipulation applied to the cervical and thoracic spines is more effective than mobilization applied to the cervical and thoracic spines for the management of patients with mechanical neck pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02036905

Run by

Youngstown State University

People needed

20

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• subjects aged 18-70 years old with a chief complaint of reproducible neck pain and an NDI score of 10 or greater.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects are excluded if they have had recent whiplash or significant trauma, demonstrate red flag items such as malignancy, radiculopathy, myelopathy, fracture, metabolic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, long-term steroid use, or history of neck surgery. Additional exclusion criteria including neck pain of <2 on the NPRS, PSFS ≤ 8, no prior treatment within 6 weeks time, upper limb symptoms, or any pending litigation. Finally, if a therapist determines the patient has a neck condition that is highly irritable where the manipulation is not appropriate, they will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Rehabilitex Inc. — Solon, Ohio, United States
• Pain Relief and Physical Therapy — Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States

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