Cervical spinal manipulation versus thoracic spinal manipulation on peripheral neural features and grip strength in subjects with chronic mechanical neck pain: A randomized controlled trial.

Recruiting

• Conditions: mechanical neck pain; neural mechanosensitivity; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000412538
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Seville (Spain)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 88

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified