Recruiting

Thoracic Manipulation

Sponsor:

Spine and Sport, Georgia

Code:

NCT01495728

Conditions

Cervical Radiculopathy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Thrust Manipulation - Thoracic Spine

Sham Manipulation

Study Details

Brief summary:

Hypothesis: The group of Cervical Radiculopathy patients receiving thoracic thrust manipulation will demonstrate immediate and short term significant clinically important changes in outcomes when compared to the sham manipulation group.

Conditions

Cervical Radiculopathy

Study ID

NCT01495728

Start date

Sep, 2011

Status verified date

Dec, 2011

Completion date

Aug, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-65 yrs
  • 3 out 4 Items positive of Clinical Prediction Rule for Cervical Radiculopathy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • history of previous cervical or thoracic spine surgery
  • bilateral upper-extremity symptoms, signs or symptoms of upper motor neuron disease,
  • medical "red flags" (e.g., tumor, fracture, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and prolonged steroid use).

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Thrust Manipulation -Thoracic Spine

Mid and Upper Thoracic Spine

placebo comparator: Sham Manipulation

Mid and Upper Thoracic Spine

Interventions

Thrust Manipulation - Thoracic Spine

Mid and Upper Thoracic Spine

Sham Manipulation

Mid and Upper Thoracic Spine

Primary outcome measure

  • Global Rating of Change [ Time Frame: Pre Treat, Immed, 48-72 hours ]
  • Numeric Pain Rating Scale (Neck & Upper Extremity) [ Time Frame: Pre Treat, Immed, 48-72 hrs ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ian A Young, PT, DSc

912-443-1400youngian@spinesport.org

Locations

Spine and Sport

Recruiting

Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31401

Contacts

Ian A Young, PT, DSc

912-443-1400youngian@spinesport.org

Principal Investigator:

Ian A Young, PT, DSc

More Information

Sponsor

Spine and Sport, Georgia

Last update posted

Dec 20, 2011

Last verified

Dec, 2011

Keywords

  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Neck Pain
  • Manipulation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Spine and Sport, Georgia on 2011-12-20.