NCT01947231

GPR vs Manual PT for Chronic Neck Pain

Randomized Controlled Trial of Global Postural Re-education vs. Standard Manual Physical Therapy for Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain With Cross-over

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bologna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Effective treatment for nonspecific chronic neck pain is a clinical challenge. Patients will be randomized into two groups to compare the outcomes of Global Postural Re-education (GPR) with standard manual physical therapy on with respect to pain, function, kinesiophobia, range of motion, perceived effect, and satisfaction.

Detailed description

These study will use two groups: one to receive GPR which is a systematic method of addressing musculoskeletal pain and related functional deficits and the other to receive "usual care" manual PT which will be individualized to the patient's condition. Usual care will include techniques commonly used in clinical practice selected by the physical therapist after initial examination. After nine weeks of treatment, baseline measures will be re-evaluated. After conclusion of the first phase of the study, patients who were randomized to the "usual care" group will cross-over and receive GPR.

Conditions

• Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Global Postural Re-education	Global Postural Re-education is a physical therapy method comprising a series of gentle active movements, implemented by the therapist using manual contacts and verbal commands, to promote postural symmetry.
OTHER	Standard manual physical therapy	Standard manual physical therapy in this study involves a combination of exercises, pompage (gentle manual techniques of distraction and articulation of a joint), anterior-posterior mobilizations as described by Maitland, and massage that have been selected to meet the needs of each individual patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2013-09-20
• Last updated: 2017-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy