Individual Responder Analysis of the Effectiveness of Manual Therapy and Exercise Versus Usual Care in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain

Modelo Preditivo Para os Resultados de Sucesso Com um Programa Combinado de Terapia Manual e exercício em indivíduos Com Dor Cervical crónica de Origem não-especifica

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03560947

Enrollment

Registered

2018-06-18

Start date

2018-06-20

Completion date

2018-12-31

Last updated

2018-06-18

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Conditions

Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain

Keywords

chronic nonspecific neck pain, exercise, manual therapy

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a combined intervention of manual therapy and exercise versus usual care, on pain intensity, disability, and global perceived recovery, in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain.

Interventions

OTHERManual Therapy and Exercise (Physiotherapy Intervention)

Experimental group: Manual Therapy and Exercise Participants in this group will receive a 6-weeks program of mobilization and progressive exercise programme for the neck flexors, 2 times a week.

OTHERUsual Care (Physiotherapy Intervention)

Active Comparator: Usual Care Participants in this group will receive usual care in physiotherapy during the 6-weeks period.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Chronic nonspecific neck pain at least 3 months, defined as pain in the cervical region without a specific anatomopathological diagnosis; * Adults between 18 and 65 years of age and literate in Portuguese;

Exclusion criteria

* History of cervical trauma and/or history of surgery in the prior 6 months; * Clinical signs of infection, tumor, neurological, inflammatory or systemic diseases; * Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Neck Pain Intensity	Baseline	Measured using a Numeric Pain Rating Scale (range: 0 - 10 points)
Neck Disability	Baseline	Measured using the Neck Disability Index (range: 0-50 and higher scores are indicative of more disability)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Neck Global Perceived Recovery	Change from baseline of the global perceived recovery at 3 weeks; 6 weeks; Follow-up 3 months	Measured using Patient Global Impression of Change Scale to quantify a patient's global improvement over time.

Contacts

Primary ContactLúcia Domingues, M.Sc.

lucia.domingues@nms.unl.pt00351967648456

Backup ContactLúcia Domingues, M.Sc.

00351967648456

Outcome results

None listed

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