Manual Therapy in Head and Neck Pain

• Register: REBEC
• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: RBR-54mfjg
• Date of registration: 01/02/2012
• Primary sponsor: aculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP - Brazil
• Public title: Manual Therapy in Head and Neck Pain
• Scientific title: Radiographic analysis of the cervical column before and after application of Manual Therapy techniques
• Date of first enrolment: 05/01/2010
• Target sample size: 20
• Recruitment status: recruitment completed
• URL: http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-54mfjg/
• Study design: Clinical Trial, single-arm, randomized controlled.

Countries of recruitment

Brazil

Contacts

• Name: Dean Oliveira
• Affiliation: FAMERP

• Name: Dean Oliveira
• Affiliation: FAMERP

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: They presented themselves in possession of radiographs recent segment craniocervical and reported availability and / or appointment to perform evaluation and treatment by a physiotherapist specialist in manual therapy and osteopathy.
Exclusion criteria: individuals who were doing physical therapy procedure in another place of service and / or drug use during treatment, and those that were described in radiography report malfunctions such as fractures, dislocations, severe spinal cord compression, cancer, ischemic processes in the vertebral artery, atheroma , aneurysms, brain and ptosis of rheumatoid arthritis.


Age minimum: 18Y
Age maximum: 75Y
Gender: -

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Patients with complaints of headache, neck pain, cervicobrachial and / or cervicodorsalgia
M54.2

Intervention(s)

Underwent a manual therapy group of patients with pain in the neck bearing radiographs in three incidents. These sessions were conducted Manual Therapy 50 minutes each, total of 5 sessions, once / week. Upon completion of the work they have been forwarded to the X-ray examinations to establish radiological comparison before / after treatment.

Primary Outcome(s)

At the end of the radiological study showed small changes. These data were measured by means of radiological control and visual analog scale of pain.

Secondary Outcome(s)

The radiological findings of patients with painful disorders of the craniocervical segment can show improvement in spinal alignment and justify painful picture of change in individuals over 18 years, regardless of gender or degenerative processes.

Secondary ID(s)

CEP - FAMERP

Source(s) of Monetary Support

aculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP - Brazil

Secondary Sponsor(s)

aculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP - Brazil