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Manipulation, Exercise, and Self-Care for Neck Pain

NCT00269360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2007-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare three treatments for neck pain: 1) rehabilitative exercise, 2) chiropractic spinal manipulation combined with rehabilitative exercise, and 3) self-care education.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Chiropractic + Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise

Chiropractic care will include manual spinal manipulation, with light soft tissue massage as indicated to facilitate the spinal manipulative therapy. The spinal levels treated will be determined by the individual chiropractors by static and/or motion palpation. Patients will attend 20, 1 hour sessions of rehabilitative exercises for the neck and upper body. Each session will begin with a 10-minute aerobic warm-up of the upper body and five minutes of light stretching to prepare for the strengthening exercises.

PROCEDURE

Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise

Patients will attend 20, 1 hour sessions of rehabilitative exercises for the neck and upper body. Each session will begin with a 10-minute aerobic warm-up of the upper body and five minutes of light stretching to prepare for the strengthening exercises.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-care education

Self-care education will be provided by the therapist trained in the study protocol. Two, one-hour sessions will be given regarding self-care measures and ergonomics relative to work and activities of daily living. These will include postural instructions and practical demonstrations of proper body mechanics performed with patient participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

    collaborator FED

  • Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northwestern Health Sciences University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD · Northwestern Health Sciences University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-03-31
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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