The effect of traction on cervical osteoarthritis symptoms

Not Applicable

Conditions: Cervical arthrosis.
arthrosis of spine

Registration Number: IRCT2014081118762N1

Lead Sponsor: Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

Age 30-70 year-old; Chief complaint: Cervical pain with or without any upper limb symptoms; Grade 1-3 osteoarthritis diagnosis from radio-graphs; Obtaining more or equal to 10% points in Neck Disability Index” Questionnaire; More or equal to 2 points from 10 in Numerical Pain Rating Scale”; Positive result from Cervical Distraction & Compression” test.
Exclusion criteria: History of cervical or upper thoracic(T1-T6) trauma; History of cervical surgery; Patients with severe cervical osteoarthritis (Grade 4) diagnosis based on radio-graphs; Spinal cord canal stenosis; non-skeletal symptoms; History of cervical spine fracture or sever vertebral osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Visible congenital deformity of cervical spine; dysfunction of vertebral artery; Pregnancy; History of failed traction treatment; Considering any cervical physical therapies in the recent last 6 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eck pain. Timepoint: Before of first treatment session and in the end of last session. Method of measurement: Mean of total score- Numerical pain rating scale.;Cervical range of motion. Timepoint: Before of first treatment session and in the end of last session. Method of measurement: Inclinometer-Degree.;Neck disability index. Timepoint: Before of first treatment session and in the end of last session. Method of measurement: percent of total score-Neck disability index questioner.;Pain relife drug and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Timepoint: Before of first treatment session and in the end of last session. Method of measurement: Numbers-counting.

Secondary Outcome Measures