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Manual Therapy on Head-repositioning Accuracy and Static Postural Balance in Neck Pain Patients

CompletedPhase 1NCT01310595
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

To investigate the effect of cervical manual mobilization on head repositioning accuracy and postural balance in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain in a randomized controlled trial. Hypothesis: There is no difference between the intervention group (manual mobilization) and control group head repositioning accuracy and postural balance.

Study details

Official title
To Investigate the Effectiveness of Manual Therapy on Head-repositioning Accuracy and Static Postural Balance in Patients With Non-traumatic Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain.
Conditions
Interventions
  • Procedure: Manual mobilization on cervical spine
  • Procedure: Infra-red therapy with self exercise pamphlet
Sponsor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Start date
2010-01
Primary completion
2013-07
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 65 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Hong Kong
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 to 65 years * Presented with a complaint of neck pain (defined as pain in the region from the upper thoracic spine to the occiput and the surrounding musculature) for more than 7 weeks. * Had not received neck pain treatment in the past 1 month Exclusion Criteria: * Onset of presenting neck pain episode after trauma (eg, whiplash) * History of cervical injury of trauma since the onset of presenting neck pain episode * History of cervical injury or trauma * Neck pain due to fracture, tumor, infection, severe spondyloarthropathy, or other non-mechanical cause such as inflammatory arthritis; * Progressive neurological deficit, myelopathy, herniated nucleus pulpous, or severe incapacitating pain; * Being treated by electrical devices; * Blood coagulation disorder or were using corticosteroids or anticoagulant medications; * History of stroke or transient ischemic attacks; * Vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency; * Neurologic disease (eg, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, syringomyelia); * Congenital anomalies involving the C-spine; * Systemic disease (eg, diabetes mellitus); * Pain involving third-party liability or Workers' Compensation.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01310595