Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03294785
Comparative Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Chuna Manual Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain
Comparative Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Chuna Manual Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain: A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 108 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Jaseng Medical Foundation · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 19 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A multi-center randomized controlled trial assessing the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Chuna manual therapy for chronic neck pain
Detailed description
A multi-center randomized controlled, parallel, assessor-blinded trial will be conducted to evaluate the comparative clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Chuna manual therapy for chronic neck pain patients compared to usual care as assessed using pain, functional disability, health-related quality of life, economic evaluation, and safety measures.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Chuna manual therapy | Chuna is a Korean manual therapy that has absorbed and incorporated aspects of osteopathic manipulative medicine. Chuna manual therapy utilizes spinal manipulation techniques for joint mobilization including high-velocity, low amplitude thrusts to joints slightly beyond the passive range of motion and gentle force to joints within the passive range of movement, muscle energy, and fascial techniques. |
| DRUG | Conventional medication | Conventional drugs will be prescribed in an individually-tailored, pragmatic method with reference to most frequently used treatments in patients with a primary diagnosis of cervical sprain/strain group, cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy group, or cervicalgia according to Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) 2014 statistics. |
| PROCEDURE | Physical therapy | Physical therapy will be prescribed in an individually-tailored, pragmatic method with reference to most frequently used treatments in patients with a primary diagnosis of cervical sprain/strain group, cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy group, or cervicalgia according to Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) 2014 statistics. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-10-18
- Primary completion
- 2018-08-01
- Completion
- 2019-06-28
- First posted
- 2017-09-27
- Last updated
- 2019-08-02
Locations
5 sites across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03294785. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.