NCT01504698

Manipulative Treatment of Children With Neck and Back Pain

Manipulative Treatment of Children With Neck and Back Pain. A Randomised Controlled Trial of 1200 Children From 3rd to 7th Grade

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 237 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of manipulative treatment of children with neck and back pain. Because manipulation is the most frequently used treatment of musculoskeletal complaints in children, and an increasing number of Danish children see a chiropractor, it appears obvious to start the search for evidence by examining the effect of this treatment.

Detailed description

Parents receive text messages \[SMS) on a weekly basis inquiring about the child's musculoskeletal pain as well as amount and types of sport during leisure time the past week. Following a report of pain, the parents will be interviewed by phone by a member of the clinical team, consisting of two licensed physical therapists and two licensed chiropractors, for a thorough description of the complaint. Based on this, the interviewer determines whether the complaint is negligible or whether the child should be seen by a member of the clinical team, in which case the child will be examined at his or her school. At this examination, the child will be evaluated for inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Conditions

• Neck Pain
• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Advice and exercise-based treatment plus joint manipulation	The treatment can consist of advice, activation and exercise and/or manual soft-tissue treatment plus joint manipulation.The areas and frequency of manipulative treatment will be determined by the chiropractor and will consist of high-velocity, low-amplitude manipulation and/or mobilization to the spine and/or the extremities.
PROCEDURE	Advice and exercise-based treatment	The treatment can consist of advice, activation and exercise and/or manual soft-tissue treatment. However, assisted stretching is not allowed as this will approach mobilization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2012-01-05
• Last updated: 2015-05-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark