Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Neuromuscular Control of the Head-neck System
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Neck Pain
In brief
The overall goal of this project is to develop sensitive and objective clinical research tools for the assessment of head-neck motor control. In order to accomplish this goal, the investigators aim to quantify changes in head-neck motor control before and after osteopathic manipulative treatment. The investigators hypothesize that head-neck motor control will improve in neck pain participants after 4-weeks of treatment. Additionally, the investigators will compare position and force head-neck motor control between healthy controls and neck pain patients. The investigators hypothesize that baseline tests of position and force head-neck motor control will be better in healthy individuals than neck pain patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02261259
- Run by
- Michigan State University
- People needed
- 154
- Starts
- 2014-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-11-13
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-01-04
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All participants must meet all of the inclusion criteria to participate in the study. Below is a list of inclusion criteria for ALL participants:
- Age 21-65 years
- Independently ambulatory
- Able to speak and read English
- Able to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study.
- Below is an additional list of inclusion criteria for NECK PAIN participants:
- Willing to be randomized to either immediate or delayed treatment group.
- Musculoskeletal pain - primarily in the cervical region lasting longer than 3 months
- Pain rating greater than or equal to 3 out of 10 as indicated on the Numeric Rating Scale for Pain
- Neck Disability greater than or equal to 30% as indicated on the Neck Disability Index
You may not qualify if…
- All candidates meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation. Exclusion criteria will be self-reported. However, during each treatment session, the physicians will be watching for clinical signs and symptoms not consistent with physical findings that are suggestive of the presence of any of the exclusion criteria. In such a case, further treatment will be discontinued and the subject will be excluded.
- Below is a list of exclusion criteria for ALL participants:
- Inability or unwillingness of individual to give written informed consent.
- Physical therapy or any other form of manual medicine (e.g., Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Chiropractic Manipulation, etc.), acupuncture or spinal injections within one month prior to study enrollment
- Workers' compensation benefits in the past 3 months or ongoing medical legal issues
- Possibly pregnant
- Extreme obesity (BMI>36)
- Currently using electrical implants (e.g., cardiac pacemakers, drug delivery pumps, etc.)
- History of:
- Spinal surgery
- Spinal fracture
- Spinal infection (e.g., osteomyelitis)
- Cancer
- Unresolved symptoms from:
- Head trauma
- Inner ear infection with associated balance and coordination problems
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Vestibular disorder (e.g. vertigo)
- Current diagnosis of:
- Significant spinal deformity (e.g., scoliosis > 20 degrees, torticollis)
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Spondylolisthesis grades III or IV
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoporosis
Where it is running
- MSU Osteopathic Manual Medicine — East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- MSU Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation — Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Michigan State University Center for Orthopedic Research — Lansing, Michigan, United States
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