A randomised controlled trial of Strain-Counterstraintreatment for people with neck pain selected using atreatment based classification system

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: on-specific acute neck pain; Non-specific acute neck pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000426886
• Lead Sponsor: Stanthorpe Health Services

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

1) Neck pain (Merskey and Bogduk 1994) of less than 30 days duration
2) Between 18 and 60 years
3) Initial VAS pain rating less than 7/10
4) Initial neck disability index score between 20 and 52
5) Able to lie supine for 10 minutes
6) Displaying a minimum of four digitally tender points at examined sites (Kusunose and Wendorff 1990) at their initial assessment.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Whiplash mechanism of injury
2) Signs of nerve root compression
3) Symptoms distal to the elbow
4) Chief complaint of headaches with neck pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eck Disability Index[Initial assessment, 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
SF-36 health questionnaire[Initial assessment, 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months];Visual analogue scale for pain rating[Initial assessment, 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months];Global rating of change[1 week];Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire[Initial assessment]