An interventional study of Procedure: physical therapy and Neck Pain Classification in Neck Pain, sponsored by St. Ambrose University. Completed at 7 sites in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-08-01.
Sponsored by St. Ambrose University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study was to assess if pain and function in patients with neck pain is less when physical therapists use a classification system.
The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess pain and function scores in patients with neck pain, with therapists specifically trained to implement a treatment based classification and matched interventions system. This study consisted of two phases to determine whether implementing a classification changed patient outcomes. In phase one, baseline data was obtained while physical therapists continued with their current neck pain evaluation and intervention approaches. The second phase involved educating the therapists in the neck classification system with the matched interventions. Pain and function outcomes were analyzed for 2 phases. The overall goal was to prospectively determine if the implementation of this classification system with matched interventions could enhance patient outcomes.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Physical Therapy intervention provided by therapists in phase one without training in following a neck classification system and in phase two after being trained to follow a neck pain classification system.
Other: Procedure: physical therapy and Neck Pain Classification
Physical therapists treated patients in phase one as they usually do and in phase two were trained to follow a neck classification and matched intervention system.
Numeric Pain Rating (NPR)
NPR was measured on initial evaluation and at the time the patient was discharged from care which varied for each patient (ranged from 3 to 107 days).
Time frame: up to 107 days
Neck Disability Index (NDI)
NDI was measured on initial evaluation and at the time the patient was discharged from care which varied for each patient (ranged from 3 to 107 days).
Time frame: up to 107 days
Number of Visits
Time frame: Measured from initial evaluation to time of discharge from care; up to 107 days.
Duration of Care
Time frame: Number of days of care, measured from initial evaluation to time of discharge from care; up to 107 days.
Plan to share: No
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