NCT02982369

The Effects of Vertebral Manipulation and Pain Education in Chronic Neck Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Santa Catarina Federal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of vertebral manipulation and pain education on subjects with neck pain. For this purpose, 90 subjects who present chronic neck pain will be selected and allocated randomly into 2 groups: vertebral manipulation group and pain education group.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Spinal Manipulation	High-velocity and low-amplitude (HVLA) manipulation techniques to the cervical and thoracic region
OTHER	Pain Education	Subjects will receive pain education based in biopsychosocial approach
OTHER	Sham	A simulation of spinal manipulation (sham), involving manual contact over the cervical and thoracic region totaling 10 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-03-01
• Completion: 2018-04-18
• First posted: 2016-12-05
• Last updated: 2018-08-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil