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Spinal Pain and Autonomic Responses to Chiropractic Care

NCT03576846 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 131

Last updated 2025-12-24

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Summary

This randomized, single-blinded study will investigate the effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Heart Rate Variability and Pain Sensitivity in a population of patients with recurrent and persistent neck pain. Alongside, the study will also develop a clinical test for Conditioned Pain Modulation and investigate its predictive properties.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Stretching and Spinal manipulative therapy

Subjects will be instructed to perform a series of progressively difficult stretching exercises for the neck and upper back muscles. In addition, subjects will be treated with Spinal manipulative therapy

OTHER

Stretching

Subjects will be instructed to perform a series of progressively difficult stretching exercises for the neck and upper back muscles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Iben Axén · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-04
Primary Completion
2020-05-02
Completion
2020-05-02

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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