The Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Performance on Neck Pain Patients During a Fitts' Task
CompletedNot applicableNCT04347551
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Brief summary (from the registry)
The objective of this study is to quantify motor performance, this study will use an eye movement Fitts' task to examine the effects of cervical spine manipulation on participants with chronic neck pain and the subsequent changes to saccade movement time. This study will also include a head movement Fitts' task which has previously reported a reduction in head movement time in chronic neck pain participants after cervical spine manipulation. This is an observational within-subjects design that involves a pre/post cervical spine manipulation intervention on participants (n=20) with chronic neck pain and asymptomatic controls (n=20). All participants will complete an eye movement and head movement Fitts' task before and after cervical spine manipulation to identify any changes in saccade and head movement time, saccade and head peak velocity, and time to peak saccade and head velocity.
Study details
- Official title
- Motor Performance of Asymptomatic and Chronic Neck Pain Participants Pre- and Post-spinal Manipulation Using an Eye and Head Movement Fitts' Task
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: High velocity/low amplitude cervical spine manipulation
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
- Start date
- 2021-05-25
- Primary completion
- 2021-08-18
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Participants with neck pain: Inclusion criteria * Between the ages of 18 and 40 * Neck pain for at least 3 months * Palpable spinal segmental fixations at C1-7 * Neck pain must be reproducible by neck movements and/or provocative * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision Exclusion criteria * Contraindications to spinal manipulation * Can't be calibrated during the eye movement Fitts task (excluded from eye movement test only) * Progressive neurologic deficits * Cervical spine trauma or surgery * Infection, tumor, osteoporosis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, spinal fracture, and a history of vestibular/inner ear dysfunction * Diagnosed with an autonomic disorder such as Horner's syndrome * Any current ocular and/or retinal disease, Diabetes, a history of head trauma * Currently using opioids, recreational drugs or have a history of substance abuse Asymptomatic participants: Inclusion criteria * Between the ages of 18 and 40 * No neck pain for at least 3 months * Palpable spinal segmental fixations at C1-7 * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision Exclusion criteria * Contraindications to spinal manipulation * Can't be calibrated during the eye movement Fitts task (excluded from eye movement test only) * Progressive neurologic deficits * Cervical spine trauma or surgery * Infection, tumor, osteoporosis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, spinal fracture, and a history of vestibular/inner ear dysfunction * Diagnosed with an autonomic disorder such as Horner's syndrome * Any current ocular and/or retinal disease, Diabetes, a history of head trauma * Currently using opioids, recreational drugs or have a history of substance abuse
Canadian sites (1)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04347551