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Preventive Care of Chronic Cervical Pain and Disabilities

NCT00566930 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2012-09-28

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Summary

The aim of this study is to determine which of tertiary prevention spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) or a home exercise program is the more efficient approach to reduce pain and increase functional capacity, quality of life and general health condition. To do so, 60 participants with chronic cervical pain, will be recruited and divided into 3 groups according to the intervention they will receive: control group, experimental group 1 who will receive preventive chiropractic care in the form of spinal manipulations and experimental group 2 will have to perform an individualized home exercise program on a daily basis. We hypothesize that a group of patient receiving SMT + a home exercise program will present less pain and functional disabilities over a 1 year period. The innovative value of this project is mainly related to the fact that it will generate new and potentially very useful data concerning the clinical significance of preventive chiropractic care. Moreover, such data will be beneficial to our profession as chiropractic makes a step towards prevention, wellness and public health.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

spinal manipulation

Monthly cervical spinal manipulation

OTHER

Spinal manipulation + exercises

Monthly cervical spine manipulation and daily home exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin Descarreaux, PhD · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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