Recruiting
Phase 1

Cervical Stairstep

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00741000

Conditions

Range of Motion, Articular

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Cervical Stairstep

Study Details

Brief summary:

Observe the effects of Cervical Stairstep on Cervical Spine Range of Motion

Conditions

Range of Motion, Articular

Study ID

NCT00741000

Start date

Jul, 2008

Status verified date

Aug, 2008

Completion date

Oct, 2008

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2008

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • students and faculty between ages 18 and 50

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current neck pain (as measured by the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and utilizing Jackson's and maximal foraminal compression tests to assess for radiating symptoms)
  • severe recent head trauma
  • acute exacerbations within the past 3 months
  • known cervical disc problems
  • surgical fusions within the cervical spine
  • highly acute symptoms
  • a positive valsalva test
  • seizure disorder
  • analgesics
  • muscle relaxants
  • medications with effects on the musculoskeletal system
  • chiropractic manipulation within 48 hours of the study
  • Other exclusions can be made based on investigator judgment

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Experimental

Cervical low force mobilization procedure.

Interventions

Cervical Stairstep

Cervical low force mobilization procedure.

Primary outcome measure

  • Cervical Range of Motion [ Time Frame: Pre and post treatment ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mary Unger-Boyd, DC

636-230-2100mary.unger-boyd@logan.edu

Locations

Logan University, College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Aug 25, 2008

Last verified

Aug, 2008

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2008-08-25.