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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615000412538
ACTRN12615000412538
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To compare the immediate effects of cervical and thoracic spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on neural mechanosensitivity of upper limb nerve trunks and grip strength in patients with chronic neck pain (NP).

niversity of Seville (Spain)0 sites88 target enrollmentMay 1, 2015

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
mechanical neck pain
Sponsor
niversity of Seville (Spain)
Enrollment
88
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 1, 2015
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Seville (Spain)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • (a) age between 20 and 50 years old; (b) NP (grades I or II) of at least 12 weeks of duration; and (c) a positive response to the ULNT of the median nerve (ULNT\-1\) in at least one upper limb.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subjects who had one or more of the following conditions were excluded: (a) any contraindication to SMT (bone pathology, tumors, inflammatory disease...); (b) current use of any drugs or medication; (c) mechanical NP secondary to whiplash, congenital or acquired torticollis, rheumatoid arthritis, advanced cervical osteoarthritis and / or cervical myelopathy; (d) previous history of joint disease, tendinitis, severe trauma or surgery in the upper extremity and / or cervical spine; (e) cervicobrachial radiculalgia associated with herniation or disc protrusion at lower cervical spine; (f) diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome or previous surgery at this level; (g) serious hormonal imbalance, history of diabetes and / or hypothyroidism; (h) having received SMT in the eight weeks before data collection; (i) pregnant or menopausal women.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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