Manual Therapy to Treat Acute Whiplash Injury

Universidad de Almeria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Whiplash Injuries

Treatments: Other: Manual Therapy Protocol; Other: Two manual techniques

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01825460

UAL-326

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual Therapy Protocol

Experimental group

Description:

A protocol with five techniques on thoracic area applied twice a week.

Treatment:

Other: Manual Therapy Protocol

Two manual techniques

Active Comparator group

Description:

Two manual therapies on thoracic area applied twice a week.

Treatment:

Other: Two manual techniques