The Effectiveness of Osteopathic Treatment in Cervical Whiplash.
CompletedNot applicableNCT06334978
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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)
Introduction. Whiplash is common after road traffic accidents and affects millions of people worldwide; 50% develop chronic symptoms and 15% have their ability to work compromised. The aim of this study was to evaluate an osteopathic intervention in whiplash and determine whether pain, mobility and quality of life improve with respect to conventional treatment. Methodology. A randomised, controlled clinical trial between 13/01/2021\_10/08/2022 conducted at Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe. The control group followed the hospital's protocol, and the experimental group also received an osteopathic intervention. Statistical analysis: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS-vs27.0); intra-subject comparison: Student's t-test for dependent samples, Wilcoxon's test; inter-group comparisons: Student's t-test for independent samples, Mann-Whitney U, chi-squared.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effectiveness of Osteopathic Treatment in Cervical Whiplash.
- Conditions
- Whiplash Injury of Cervical Spine
- Osteopathia
- Quality of Life
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Osteopathic intervention
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe de Sevilla
- Collaborators
- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena; University of Seville
- Start date
- 2021-01-13
- Primary completion
- 2022-07-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patients diagnosed with WAD grade II (Quebec classification), * aged between 18 and 55 years, * who started physiotherapy treatment less than 10 days prior to joining the trial, * and who agreed to join the trial and provided informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of neck pain in the previous three months (other than the whiplash), * or with a prior history of WAD, * or who had previously received osteopathic treatment for WAD, * Pregnant women, * patients suspected to be simulating or exaggerating their symptoms for financial reasons, * those who presented difficulties carrying out the evaluation correctly due to their culture or a language barrier. * Patients with a history of chest, head or upper limb surgery, * those diagnosed with a neurological condition (such as congenital or diabetic polyneuritis, or any neurological condition), * or rheumatic alterations (such as osteoarthritis, arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.), * or malformations or surgical interventions that prevented correct conduct of the evaluation test * and/or contraindications for the application of osteopathic and/or conventional treatment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06334978