Diaphragm's Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Sham Treatment Group; Behavioral: Real Treatment Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03223285

Pilota_cervicalgia_diaframma

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of diaphragm's manual therapy in addition to cervical spine manual therapy in terms of pain, cervical spine range of motion, trigger points pain pressure threshold, disability and quality of life in patient with chronic aspecific neck pain.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Neck pain since at least 3 months
• Age > 18 years and < 65 years
• Male or Female

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Contraindications for manual therapy or inability to complete the treatment
• Patients who received a physiotherapy or osteopathic treatment during the last 3 months
• Medical diagnosis of rheumatologic disease
• Medical diagnosis of respiratory disease (COPD, asthma)
• Spine surgery
• Medical diagnosis of past or present cancer
• Thoracic or abdominal surgery in the last 3 years
• Whiplash injuries
• Previous cervical fracture
• Cervical anatomical changes
• Thrombotic events
• Body temperature greater than 37 degrees in the previous 48 hours
• Obesity (BMI greater than 30)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Real Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients included in this group will receive 3 multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatments + experimental manoeuvres, 1 treatment/week. Each session will last about 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Real Treatment Group

Sham Treatment Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients included in this group will receive 3 multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatments + sham manoeuvres, 1 treatment/week. Each session will last about 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sham Treatment Group