A feasibility study assessing manual therapies to different regions of the spine for patients with subacute or chronic neck pain

被引:19
作者
Strunk, Richard G. [1 ]
Hondras, Maria A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Cleveland Chiropract Coll, 601 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO 64131 USA
[2] Palmer Ctr Chiropract Res, Davenport, IA 52803 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Feasibility studies; Manipulation; Spinal; Neck pain; Musculoskeletal manipulations; Chiropractic;
D O I
10.1016/j.jcme.2007.10.004
中图分类号
R49 [康复医学];
学科分类号
100215 ;
摘要
Objective: The purpose of this project was to develop and test protocols for a randomized clinical trial of a combined therapeutic approach (thoracic spine and sacroiliac joint high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation [HVLA SM] + cervical spine postisometric relaxation) and cervical spine HVLA SM for patients with subacute or chronic neck pain. Methods: Patients were recruited in the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois. After a baseline assessment visit, eligible patients were randomly assigned to cervical spine HVLA SM or to the combined therapeutic approach for 4 treatment visits over 2 weeks. Outcome assessments included the Neck Disability Index, visual analog scale, and posttreatment response questionnaire. Patient outcomes were not aggregated or compared by treatment group. Results: It took approximately 8 months of planning, which included the development of forms and protocols, pretesting the forms, and training staff and clinicians in the standardized protocols. Twelve participants were screened, and 6 patients were enrolled and randomly allocated to care over a 6-week period. All patients completed 5 visits. Five of 6 patients had an improvement on the Neck Disability Index. On the visual analog scale, 2 patients improved at 2 weeks, whereas the other 4 got worse. Five patients completed the posttreatment response questionnaire; 2 of the 5 indicated they experienced discomfort or an unpleasant reaction from the study treatments. Conclusions: Designing a successful feasibility randomized clinical trial requires considerable planning, development and pretesting of the forms and protocols, and training clinicians and staff for standardized protocols. Patients were willing to be randomized, follow treatment protocols, complete baseline and outcome assessments, and return 83% of the follow-up questionnaires. (C) 2008 National University of Health Sciences.
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