The Effectiveness of a Mechanical Manual Therapy Device in the Treatment of Neck Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 62
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- 2 Week Change in Pain Score on a Numeric Rating Scale
研究概览
简要总结
This study is comparing the effectiveness of a mechanical manual therapy device to a specific exercise to no treatment in individuals experiencing neck pain. We are interested in the effects of the interventions on neck pain, disability related to neck pain, and pain sensitivity.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •currently experiencing neck pain which does not extend below the elbow
- •pain at least 4/10 over the past 24 hours
- •appropriate for conservative management of neck pain
- •english speaking
排除标准
- •surgery to the neck within the past 6 months
- •systemic problem know to affect sensation
- •other chronic pain condition other than neck pain
- •neck pain as the result of trauma such as whiplash
- •neck pain as the result of a fracture
结局指标
主要结局
2 Week Change in Pain Score on a Numeric Rating Scale
时间窗: 2 weeks
a 101 point numeric rating scale of neck pain with 0 indicating no pain at all and 100 indicating the worst pain imaginable
2 Week Change in Disability on the Neck Disability Index
时间窗: 2 weeks
A functional questionnaire (the neck disability index) to assess self report of disability related to neck pain. The neck disability index is a 10 item questionnaire assessing neck pain related disability. Items are scored from 0 to 5 with the total score doubled resulting in a final score from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived disability.
Immediate Change in Pain Sensitivity Using a Numeric Pain Rating Scale
时间窗: Immediate within session change pre to post intervention
Participants rated the pain associated with a standardized (51 degrees Celsius) thermal stimulus applied to the plantar surface of their dominant foot using a 0 to 100 numeric pain rating scale with 0 indicating no pain at all and 100 indicating the most intense pain sensation imaginable.
次要结局
- Change From Baseline in Neck Extension Range of Motion at 2 Weeks(2 weeks)