Predictive Model of Recovery in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain Undergoing Manual Therapy and Exercise

New University of Lisbon

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Usual Care (Physiotherapy Intervention); Other: Manual Therapy and Exercise (Physiotherapy Intervention)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03562338

NOVA.MS|FCM-UNL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to develop a predictive model to identify which patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain are more likely to benefit from manual therapy and exercise program, or usual care.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic nonspecific neck pain at least 3 months, defined as pain in the cervical region without a specific anatomopathological diagnosis;
• Adults between 18 and 65 years of age and literate in Portuguese;

Exclusion criteria

• History of cervical trauma and/or history of surgery in the prior 6 months;
• Clinical signs of infection, tumor, neurological, inflammatory or systemic diseases;
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual Therapy and Exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Manual Therapy and Exercise (Physiotherapy Intervention)

Usual Care

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care (Physiotherapy Intervention)