The Effect of Osteopathic Treatment in Pain and Functionality Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain

Instituto Brasileiro de Osteopatia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Osteopathic manipulative treatment; Procedure: Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02956863

002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether manipulative osteopathic treatment associated exercises improves pain and function in individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain

Full description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether manipulative osteopathic treatment associated exercises improves pain and function in individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain Design: a randomized single blind placebo controlled trial will be conducted trial. Patients (n=40) with non-specific neck pain will be randomized to receive 1) osteopathic manipulative treatment and exercise (n=20) or 2) exercise alone (n=20). Participants will receive 8 treatments during 4 weeks.

Clinical outcomes will be obtained at 1 week, four weeks and 24 weeks after end of treatment.

Methods:

The primary outcome will be pain measured by 11-point numerical pain rating scale.

The secondary outcome will be disability measured by the Neck Disability Index, range of motion measured by Cervical Range of Motion device, Pressure pain threshold measured by electronic algometer.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Symptoms of chronic neck pain does not specify that persists for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

individuals who report inflammatory previous surgery, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, herniated disc, radiculopathy, fracture and musculoskeletal degenerative diseases. , Cancer, neurological diseases, pregnancy. They will be excluded participants who received some form of manipulative treatment in the last three months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

Individuals with neck pain will receive a exercises program. Participants will receive treatments during 4 weeks, 1 treatments per week.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercises

Osteopathic manipulative treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals with neck pain in this group will also receive a exercises program and the participants will receive treatments during 4 weeks, 1 treatments per week associated with Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

Treatment:

Procedure: Osteopathic manipulative treatment