Neuromuscular Mechanisms Underlying Poor Recovery From Whiplash Injuries
CompletedNot applicableNCT02157038
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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)
This study is investigating whether changes in the shape and size of bodily muscles and spinal cord anatomy can influence recovery rates following a motor vehicle collision (MVC). The objective is to demonstrate that the presence of muscle and spinal cord degeneration and associated muscle weakness is the consequence of a mild MVC-related injury involving the cervical spinal cord.
Study details
- Official title
- Neuromuscular Mechanisms Underlying Poor Recovery From Whiplash Injuries
- Conditions
- Whiplash Associated Disorders
- WAD
- Whiplash
- Interventions
- Device: Pedometer
- Device: MRI
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Start date
- 2014-07
- Primary completion
- 2020-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Males and Females (18 - 65 years of age) * Individuals less than one week post MVA with a primary complaint of neck pain. * Able to give written informed consent and complete interviews in English Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with a spinal fracture from the MVA, or spinal surgeries * History of one or more MVAs or previous diagnosis of cervical or lumbar radiculopathy * History of neurological disorders (e.g. Multiple Sclerosis, previous stroke, myelopathy), inflammatory diseases (e.g. Hepatitis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis or Osteoarthritis, Alzheimers, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn's disease, Fibromyalgia) or metabolic disorders (e.g. Diabetes, hyper- and hypo-thyroidism) * Standard contraindications to MRI: claustrophobia, metallic implants, pacemaker and pregnancy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02157038