Changes in pain perception, cervical range of movement and pressure pain thresholds following dorsal manipulation in patients with acute grade II whiplash: a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Whiplash associated disorders (WAD)Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidentsPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitationMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000607673
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidad de las Islas Baleares
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
(a) medical diagnosis of Whiplash G II (according to the Quebec Task Force); (b) age (18-55 years); (c) acute stage (<3 weeks after the motor vehicle accident)
(a) have experienced a concussion during the accident ; (b) loss of consciousness due to accident; (c) loss of postural balance at the time of conducting the study; (d) cervical pain in the 3 months prior to the accident ; (e) have suffered soft tissue therapy in the 3 months prior to the study (i.e. treatment for neck pain ); (f) received shock wave therapy for any cause prior to this study; (g) history of previous whiplash; (h) history of psychological conditions (i.e.depression disorder, post -traumatic stress , ...); (i) history of neurological and / or rheumatologic and / or circulatory disorders (hypertension , heart disease or meningitis) ; (j) be affected by other physical disease that may affect the study results (i.e. fibromyalgia , ...); (k) malformations , injury or previous surgery in the cervical spine; (l) any contraindications to the spinal manipulation (i.e. tumor disease , osteitis, congenital diseases ... ); (m) be pregnant; (n) not sign the inform consent for participation in the study; (o) take any analgesic or anti-inflammatory drug and / or muscle relaxant for 48 hours prior to the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method self-reported cervical pain [at baseline and at short term (immediately after the intervention) measured by a 100mm visual analogue scale]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cervical active range of motion [at baseline and at short term (immediately after the intervention) measured by digital goniometer];pressure pain threshold at C5-C6 zygapophyseal/ temporomandibular joints, tibialis anterior/ masseter/ temporalis muscles, second metacarpal and supraorbital region.[at baseline and at short term (immediately after the intervention) measured by digital algometer];elbow extension range of movement by ULNT-1 test[at baseline and at short term (immediately after the intervention) measured by standard goniometer.]