View clinical trials related to Neck Pain.
Filter by:Neck pain is a complex biopsychosocial disorder often precipitated or aggravated by neck movements or sustained neck postures. The onset and course of this pain is influenced by environmental and personal factors.Many studies report that participants preferred self-care measures for the management of neck pain and they sought professional help only when those measures fail.
This study investigates the ability of cannabis to reduce chronic back and neck pain and to reduce sensitivity to an acute painful stimulus. Cannabis will be compared to both oxycodone and a placebo.
Neck pain is a very common diagnosis and physical therapy, specifically thoracic manipulation, has been shown to be an effective treatment. Thoracic manipulation, which involves a quick thrust type push to a segment of the midback region of the spine, has been shown to decrease pain and improve function in individuals with neck pain. However, it is not known if there is a test that will accurately identify individuals with neck pain who would respond more favorably to thoracic techniques. The Cervical-Thoracic Differentiation Test (CTDT) is a test used clinically to differentiate pain originating from either the cervical (neck) or thoracic (midback) regions of the spine in individuals with neck pain. It has also been speculated that specific unloading tests, where a tester selectively unloads a portion of the weight of the cervical or thoracic spine through manual distraction may help determine who will respond more favorably to thoracic treatment. To the best of our knowledge, despite widespread clinical use, these tests have not been tested for validity or reliability at this time. Therefore, the purposes of this research are to assess the reliability and criterion referenced validity of the CTDT and unloading tests, as well as examine the relationship between tests and baseline subject characteristics.
This study investigates in patients whose primary complaint is either neck pain and/or a voice disorder , if there are any correlations between subjective neck and voice symptoms according to Neck Disability Index (NDI) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI). NDI and VHI questionnaire results for voice disordered patients will be retrieved from the data base of the Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Pathology, University Hospital Zurich. Neck pain patient questionnaire data will be retrieved from an ongoing study. The agreement between subjective neck handicap (NDI) and voice handicap (VHI) will be statistically analysed.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of pregabalin on patient reported outcomes compared with conventional analgesic care in chronic cervical pain patients with accompanying upper limb radiating pain (neuropathic component) treated in primary care settings under routine clinical practice.
The purpose of this study was to assess if pain and function in patients with neck pain is less when physical therapists use a classification system.
Several RCT studies have aimed to reduce either musculoskeletal disorders, sickness presenteeism, sickness absenteeism or a combination of these among females with high physical work demands. These studies have provided evidence that workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions are effective, but long-term effects are still uncertain. These studies either lack to succeed in maintaining intervention effects or lack to document if effects are maintained past a one-year period. FRIDOM (FRamed Intervention to Decrease Occupational Muscle pain) is a WHP program among health care workers. A job group characterized by having high physical work demands, musculoskeletal disorders, high sickness presenteeism - and absenteeism. FRIDOM aimed to reduce neck and shoulder pain and secondary to reduce sickness presenteeism and sickness absenteeism. An other secondary aim was to decrease lifestyle-diseases such as other musculoskeletal disorders as well as metabolic-, and cardiovascular disorders - and to maintain participation to regular physical exercise training, after a one year intervention period. The entire concept was tailored to a population of female health care workers. This was done through a multi-component intervention including 1) intelligent physical exercise training (IPET), dietary advice and weight loss (DAW) and cognitive behavioural training (CBT).
The study aims to examine the efficacy and safety of sinew acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).
There are different inhibition suboccipital techniques, usually adjuvant of physiotherapy, for treatment of patients with chronic neck pain. In our clinical practice, a favorable effect is observed on patients with chronic neck pain, but there are no published studies evaluating the results of this techniques on pain, mobility and disability. The objective of this trial is to evaluate if the suboccipital manual techniques, provides further improvement in pain intensity, neck disability, range of motion, on patients with chronic mechanical neck pain and rotation deficit of the upper cervical spine, being treated with physiotherapy. For this purpose, investigators conduct a double-blind (patient and evaluator) randomized controlled trial, in a Public Primary Care Center. Seventy four subjects will be randomized (computer application) into three groups: Mobilization Group, Maintained pressure Group and Control Group. All the three groups receive the same protocolized physiotherapeutic treatment during three weeks and, additionally, the Mobilization Group receives six sessions (two sessions in a week during three weeks) of translational dorsal glide mobilization technique grade III of the atlanto-occipital joint and the Maintained pressure Group receives six sessions (two sessions in a week during three weeks) of pressure maintained suboccipital Inhibition technique. The Control Group receives the protocolized physiotherapeutic treatment only. Pain intensity (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Range of motion (CROM), will be measured at baseline, after treatment period, and three months after discharge from treatment. After discharge for treatment the patient subjective opinion about their evolution will be collected through a Global Rating of Change (GROC) scale, and evaluation of headache disability (HIT-6).
This study compared the effectiveness of pain neurophysiology education and neck/shoulder exercises with no intervention in adolescents with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP).