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Short-Term Effects of Combined Manual Therapy to the Cervical and Thoracic Spine

NCT01318720 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2015-04-07

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Summary

Neck pain continues to be a prevalent condition in our society. Manual therapy (hands on techniques for the treatment of neck pain is an intervention commonly implemented in clinical practice. Recently researchers and clinicians have implemented manual therapy techniques to the thoracic spine (midback) to treat patients with neck pain. To date no studies have examined the short-term combined effects of thoracic spine manual therapy and cervical spine manual therapy in the treatment of patients with mechanical neck pain. The purpose this study is to assess the combined effects of thoracic spine thrust manipulation with cervical spine non-thrust manipulation in patients with neck pain.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy

Thrust manipulation is a type of manual therapy that clinicians apply using a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust directed at a joint(s)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Masefield and Cavallaro Physical Therapy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Masaracchio, PT, DPT, PhD(c), OCS, SCS · Masefield Cavallaro Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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