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Comparison of the Effect of Neck Collar, Act-as-Usual, and Active Mobilisation Early After a Whiplash Injury

NCT00206271 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2005-09-21

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Summary

Background: Long-lasting pain and disability, known as chronic whiplash-associated disorder (WAD), may develop after forced flexion-extension trauma to the cervical spine. Mechanisms behind WAD are virtually unknown, as are the possible effects of early intervention. This trial was undertaken to compare the effect of three early intervention strategies for the prevention of developing chronic WAD following acute whiplash injury.

Methods: 458 participants were randomised to one of 1) stiff neck collar, 2) advice to act-as-usual, or 3) an active mobilisation regime. Participants were followed for one year and treatment effects were compared in terms of lasting neck pain, headache, disability and sick-leave.

Conditions

  • Whiplash Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

neck collar; advice to act-as-usual; active mobilisation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danish Pain Research Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Back Research Center, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tom Bendix · The Back Research Center

  • Troels S Jensen · Danish Pain Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-05-31
Completion
2004-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

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