The relationship between movement of individual vertebrae and symptoms in patients with neck pai
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- neck painMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612000262808
- Lead Sponsor
- Griffith University School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria will be similar to our previous studies for
the symptomatic groups i.e. local neck pain for more than two weeks duration. Active neck rotation will be limited by more than 15 degrees to one side producing less than 4/10 pain at the limit of movement and findings on motion palpation of increased stiffness at a location corresponding to their symptoms.
Exclusion Criteria
For all
groups, exclusion criteria will be a current third party claim, a history of
trauma within the previous six months, any contraindications to treatment by
manual therapy, or any contraindications to having a CT scan such as
pregnancy, previous exposure to ionising radiation etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of segmental cervical mobility of the cervical spine by comparing segmental posiitons in MRIs taken in neutral before and at their limit of rotation before manual therapy treatment.with MRIs taken at after the participant's range of active movement has improved following in their pre-treatment limit of rotation and their new limit of movement. [One treatment session immediately before and after manual therapy intervention.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in stiffness to an externally applied indentor to individual levels of the cervical spine.[One treatment session immediately before and after manual therapy intervention.]