Preventive Care of Chronic Cervical Pain and Disabilities
CompletedNot applicableNCT00566930
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Brief summary (from the registry)
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.
Study details
- Official title
- Preventive Care of Chronic Cervical Pain and Disabilities; Comparison of Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Individualized Home Exercise Programs
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: spinal manipulation
- Other: Spinal manipulation + exercises
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Collaborators
- Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER)
- Start date
- 2007-10
- Primary completion
- 2008-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults between 18 and 60 years old from the city and the surrounding Trois-Rivières with chronic cervical pain of non-traumatic origin (chronic or recurrent cervical pain that lasted at least 6 months) Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria for the project are: * Surgery to the cervical spine * Neoplasms * Severe osteoarthritis * Ankylosing spondylitis * Hypertension * Referred pain in the cervical area * Central or peripheric nervous system dysfunction * Vascular disease * Treated cardiovascular disease * Inflammatory or infectious disease of the cervical spine * Metabolic or endocrine diseases * Pregnancy * Specific rehabilitation training for the neck or already under manual therapy for neck pain * Patient suffering from dizziness, vertigo or headache suspected to be cervicogenic or of unknown origin will not be involved in the study.
Canadian sites (1)
| Facility | City | Province |
|---|---|---|
| Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières | Quebec |
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00566930