The Effect of Manual Treatment on Respiratory Parameters, Pain, Posture and Quality of Life in Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03447977
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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)
Neck pain which is common musculoskeletal system problem in all populations, negatively affects functional status and quality of life. Muscle spasms, postural problems in cervical and thoracic regions and impairment on respiratory parameters (respiratory functions and respiratory muscle strength) is seen with neck pain. Manual therapy and exercise are widely preferred in the treatment of neck pain for improve pain, posture, muscle strength, range of motion, functional status and quality of life. There are some studies showing that manual therapy improves respiratory parameters in pulmonary diseases but studies are lacking for neck pain. Our aim is to indicate that effects of manual therapy, manual therapy for different regions (cervical and/or thoracal region) and exercises for pain, posture, quality of life and also respiratory parameters in patients with chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Manual Treatment on Respiratory Parameters, Pain, Posture and Quality of Life in Chronic Neck Pain Individuals
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: cervical
- Other: thoracic
- Other: exercises
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
- Start date
- 2018-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-10-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals who have pain for at least 3 month with mechanical neck pain * Individuals voluntarily participating to the study Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who have undergone cervical, spinal, thoracic, or abdominal region surgeries or pathology; whiplash injury; neurological deficit; osteoporosis; rheumatological disease; pulmonary disease; pharmacological treatment; or malignancy; or have a body mass index (BMI) \>40 or were smokers
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03447977