A randomised controlled trial of chiropractic neck manipulation for improvement of neck pain, postural and dynamic balance, and cognition in the elderly: A feasibility study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Geriatric falls; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; on-specific dizziness; Non-specific dizziness; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Chronic neck pain; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000653763
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Michael Azari

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Neck pain and concommitant dizziness or unsteadiness of three months duration or longer, whether constant or intermittent.

Exclusion Criteria

Diagnosed vestibular pathology such as Meniere's disease or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV); history or cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarct; psychiatric disease; active inflammatory spondyloarthropathies; recent spinal trauma; osteomyelitis; spinal tumours; acute myelopathy; those who have had neck spinal manipulative therapy or neck massage in the last three months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI)[One week following the completion of treatment regime. ]