Bio-mechanical Reasoning and Lateral Specificity of Upper Cervical Joint Mobilization
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentIntervention Model Description: each participant receives both treatments in randomized orderMasking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: participants and the outcomes assessor will be masked (blinded) as to the order in which each participant receives the interventionsPrimary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 80 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Participants are recruited consecutively through referral from provider clinics or through self referral to physical therapy in the outpatient rehabilitation clinic at Indiana University Health West Hospital in Avon Indiana. After obtaining informed consent and meeting study criteria, participants w...
Participants are recruited consecutively through referral from provider clinics or through self referral to physical therapy in the outpatient rehabilitation clinic at Indiana University Health West Hospital in Avon Indiana. After obtaining informed consent and meeting study criteria, participants will be randomized into either first receiving atlanto-axial joint mobilizations in a bio-mechanically correct or incorrect direction with respect to their loss of cervical rotation. Outcome measures will be completed both pre and post treatment. The participants will then be given self stretches at home to mimic the same intervention performed in the clinic three times per day. The participants will then return to the clinic in two or three days to receive the opposite treatment and opposite home program. Outcome data will again be collected both pre and post treatment. Participants will return for a final visit in two or three days and final outcome data will be collected and the participant will be offered continuation of physical therapy if neck symptoms still persist. Planned Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistics of subjects: age, gender, date of onset, Neck Disability Index, cervical active range of motion rotation, initial numeric pain rating at rest and rotating to the limited side Repeated measures ANOVA effect sizes for comparing differences between: Pre and post treatment comparing with-in treatment change for cervical range of motion rotation and numeric pain ratings on 1st and 2nd visits. Also comparing post treatment in cervical range of motion rotation and numeric pain ratings between 2nd and 3rd visits. Neck disability index change between 1st and 2nd visits and 2nd and 3rd visits Power calculation (actual achieved power)
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04054869
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michael Williams, MPT Andrews University, Indiana University Health