Use of ThermaCare Heat Wraps and Ibuprofen as an Adjunct to Physical Therapy for Neck Pain

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Heat, Pain

In brief

Objective- To see if the use of heat at home between physical therapy sessions results in better therapy outcomes in people with acute neck pain. Setting: Physical Therapy outpatient rehabilitation center Participants: 90 people with acute nonspecific neck pain broken into 4 groups. Intervention: All subjects will undergo 45 minutes of therapy 2 times per week for 2 weeks. All subjects will accomplish 1 hour of therapeutic exercise at home on days when there is no therapy. Thirty of the subjects will use ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 30 used Ibuprofen plus ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 15 will use a sham heat wrap and an Ibuprofen placebo each day (1200 mg / day) and the last 15 will be controls with conventional physical therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02327338

Run by

Future Sciene Technology

People needed

90

Starts

2014-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 18-80 years

You may not qualify if…

• those with neck pain caused by fractures or spinal damage
• those who have undergone neck surgery within the last year
• those with radiculopathy or those with diagnosed diabetes were excluded from this study

Where it is running

• Future Sciecne Technology — Henderson, Nevada, United States

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