NCT01825460

Manual Therapy to Treat Acute Whiplash Injury

Short-Term Effects of a Manual Therapy Protocol

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Almeria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Whiplash Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy Protocol	The manual therapy protocol consists in the application of the following techniques: stretching diaphragm, Inhibition for phrenic center, Neuromuscular technique, technique jones and balance technique functional.
OTHER	Two manual techniques	The two manual techniques applied to control group are: inhibition for phrenic center and neuromuscular technique.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2013-04-05
• Last updated: 2013-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain