Westeinde Brachialgia Study (WEB)

Medical Center Haaglanden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Radiculopathy, Cervical

Treatments: Other: cervical collar; Other: physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00129714

542

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Westeinde Brachialgia Study (WEB) is a randomized controlled trial to establish the effect of cervical collar or physiotherapy compared to a wait-and-see policy in patients with acute cervical radiculopathy.

Full description

Cervical radiculopathy caused by spondylosis or disc protrusion is a common disorder with a usually benign natural course. Often, physiotherapy (exercise programs) and/or cervical collar are prescribed. However, there are no reliable data on the effects of these conservative therapies.

In this study, patients with acute cervical radiculopathy, defined by clinical criteria, are randomized for cervical collar, physiotherapy or a wait-and-see policy.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cervical radiculopathy defined by neck pain irradiating to one arm with at least one of the following: provocation by neck movements or sensory changes in one or more adjacent dermatomes or diminished deep tendon reflexes in the affected arm; or muscle weakness in one or more adjacent myotomes.

Exclusion criteria

• Arm pain existing longer than one month
• Clinical signs of spinal cord compression
• Previously treated with physiotherapy or a cervical collar

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 3 patient groups

wait and see

No Intervention group

collar

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: cervical collar

physiotherapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: physiotherapy