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The Effectiveness of Manipulation Treatment in Cervical Region

NCT04455048 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2026-05-18

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Summary

Neck pain is the second most common musculoskeletal pain after lumbar pain. Prevalence is 27.2% female and 17.4% in male population (1, 2). Approximately 1/3 of acute onset neck aches become chronic. It causes increasing the cost of treatment and also the loss of labor (3, 4).

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Cervicothoracic thrust manipulation

The patient will be positioned in a supine position with arms crossed over over the trunk and holding the shoulders. The therapist will place a stabilizing hand over transverse process of T1 in pistol grip and contacted patients elbow with sternum and patient will be asked do a hip bridge while taking a deep breath than exhale. Thrust manipulation will be applied at the end of exhale.

OTHER

Cervicothoracic thrust manipulation sham

The patient will be positioned in a supine position with arms crossed over over the trunk and holding the shoulders. The therapist will place a stabilizing hand over transverse process of T1 in pistol grip and contacted patients elbow with sternum and patient will be asked do a hip bridge while taking a deep breath than exhale. A soft compression will be applied at the end of exhale without a thrust.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Abant Izzet Baysal University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erdal Dilekçi, MD · Bolu Abant Izzet Baylsa University

  • Ramazan KURUL, Ph.D · Bolu Abant Izzet Baylsa University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-02
Primary Completion
2023-03-16
Completion
2023-04-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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