The Effect of Osteopathic Treatment in Pain and Functionality Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain

The Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Pain and Functionality Individuals With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02956863

Enrollment

Registered

2016-11-07

Start date

2016-12-31

Completion date

2017-09-30

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Neck Pain

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether manipulative osteopathic treatment associated exercises improves pain and function in individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether manipulative osteopathic treatment associated exercises improves pain and function in individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain Design: a randomized single blind placebo controlled trial will be conducted trial. Patients (n=40) with non-specific neck pain will be randomized to receive 1) osteopathic manipulative treatment and exercise (n=20) or 2) exercise alone (n=20). Participants will receive 8 treatments during 4 weeks. Clinical outcomes will be obtained at 1 week, four weeks and 24 weeks after end of treatment. Methods: The primary outcome will be pain measured by 11-point numerical pain rating scale. The secondary outcome will be disability measured by the Neck Disability Index, range of motion measured by Cervical Range of Motion device, Pressure pain threshold measured by electronic algometer.

Interventions

PROCEDUREOsteopathic manipulative treatment

Osteopathic manipulative treatment delivered on pragmatic way.

PROCEDUREExercises

Exercise for stretching and strength for neck muscles

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Symptoms of chronic neck pain does not specify that persists for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

individuals who report inflammatory previous surgery, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, herniated disc, radiculopathy, fracture and musculoskeletal degenerative diseases. , Cancer, neurological diseases, pregnancy. They will be excluded participants who received some form of manipulative treatment in the last three months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain intensity	30 days after end treatment	measured by numeric rating scale

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
range of motion	30 days after end treatment	measured by CROM device
Pressure pain threshold	30 days after end treatment	measured by electronic algometer
functionality and disability	30 days after end treatment	measured by Neck Disability Scale

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026