Short-Term Effects of a Manual Therapy Protocol
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Almeria
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change on Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the short-term effects of a manual therapy protocol on pain, disability and cervical range of motion in individuals with acute whiplash injury.
Detailed Description
Design: Randomized clinical trial. Objectives: to determine the short-term effects of a a manual therapy protocol on pain, disability and cervical range of motion in individuals with acute whiplash injury.
Methods and measures: sixty patients will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: the experimental group received a manual therapy protocol and the placebo group received two manual therapy techniques. Neck pain, disability and cervical range of motion data will be collected at baseline and 24-hr after the last manual therapy application. Mixed-model analyses of variance will be used to examine the effects of the treatment on each outcome variable.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 25 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •To met Quebec Task Force Classification of WAD II- neck pain symptoms and musculoskeletal signs.
- •No evidence of conduction loss on clinical neurological examination.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Concussion during the motor vehicle accident.
- •Loss of consciousness.
- •Head or upper quadrant injury during the accident.
- •Sought treatment prior to their accident for neck pain.
- •A previous history of whiplash
- •Neck pain
- •Headaches
- •Psychiatric or psychologic condition
- •Neurologic or circulatory disorders
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change on Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Time Frame: At baseline and 2 weeks
The numerical pain rating scale is used to record the patient´s current level of neck pain.
Secondary Outcomes
- Neck disability index(At baseline and 2 weeks)
- Cervical Range of Motion(At baseline and 2 weeks)
- Tampa scale for kinesiophobia(At baseline and 2 weeks)
Investigators
Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez
PhD (Lecturer)
Universidad de Almeria