Individual Responder Analysis of the Effectiveness of Manual Therapy and Exercise Versus Usual Care in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Manual Therapy and Exercise (Physiotherapy Intervention); Other: Usual Care (Physiotherapy Intervention)

• Registration Number: NCT03560947
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a combined intervention of manual therapy and exercise versus usual care, on pain intensity, disability, and global perceived recovery, in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-05-23
• Status Verified: 2018-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-06-15
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-18
• Last Update Posted: 2018-06-18
• Study Start: 2018-06-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-12
• Study Completion: 2018-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

• Chronic nonspecific neck pain at least 3 months, defined as pain in the cervical region without a specific anatomopathological diagnosis;
• Adults between 18 and 65 years of age and literate in Portuguese;

Exclusion Criteria

• History of cervical trauma and/or history of surgery in the prior 6 months;
• Clinical signs of infection, tumor, neurological, inflammatory or systemic diseases;
• Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual Therapy and Exercise	Manual Therapy and Exercise (Physiotherapy Intervention)	-
Usual Care	Usual Care (Physiotherapy Intervention)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Disability	Follow-up 3 months	Measured using the Neck Disability Index (range: 0-50 and higher scores are indicative of more disability)
Neck Pain Intensity	Follow-up 3 months	Measured using a Numeric Pain Rating Scale (range: 0 - 10 points)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Global Perceived Recovery	Change from baseline of the global perceived recovery at 3 weeks; 6 weeks; Follow-up 3 months	Measured using Patient Global Impression of Change Scale to quantify a patient's global improvement over time.