management of cervical spondylosis pain by homoeopathic therapy

Phase 3

Completed

Conditions: Health Condition 1: null- cervical spondylosis pain

Registration Number: CTRI/2011/10/002070

Lead Sponsor: central council for research in homoeopathy

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Patients meeting all of the following criteria will be eligible for study participation:

1. Patients of either sex, age group 30-60 years, presenting to study physician. reproducible during physical examination

?Patients with at least one symptoms out of

i.Cervical pain aggravated by movement or

ii.Pain in occiput, between the shoulder blades, upper limbs

And any one of the following symptoms

i.Retro-orbital or temporal pain (from C1 to C2),

ii.Cervical stiffness?reversible or irreversible,

iii.Numbness of upper limb,

iv.Tingling, or weakness in upper limbs,

v.Dizziness or vertigo.

And any one signs of the following;

i.Poorly localized tenderness,

ii.Limited range of movement (forward flexion, backward extension, lateral flexion, and rotation to both sides),

Exclusion Criteria

Patients meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded:

1. Evidence of a specific pathologic condition, such as malignancy, fracture, herniated disc, primary neurological disease or systemic rheumatic disease.

2. Previous surgery of the neck

3. Neurological changes complicated by myelopathy or radiculopathy

4. Inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, or polymyalgia rheumatica

5. Other non-specific neck pain lesions, acute neck strain, postural neck ache, or whiplash.

6. Inability to comply with the study protocol, including psychiatric diseases.

7. Lactating mother

8. Pregnant lady

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
decrease in score as per visual analogous scaleTimepoint: 2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess the quality of life of patients treated with homoeopathic medication using WHO-QOL (BREF) health status questionnaires for quality of life.<br><br>Timepoint: 2 months