Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:06 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:06 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00269360
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Chronic mechanical neck pain (defined as current episode \> 12 weeks' duration).
* Quebec Task Force classifications 1, 2, 3 and 4. This includes patients with neck pain, stiffness or tenderness, with or without musculoskeletal and neurological signs.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Previous cervical spine surgery
* Neck pain referred from local joint lesions of the lower extremities or from visceral diseases
* Progressive neurological deficits due to nerve root or spinal cord compression
* Existing cardiac disease requiring medical treatment
* Blood clotting disorders
* Diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis
* Infectious and non-infectious inflammatory or destructive tissue changes of the cervical spine
* Presence of significant infectious disease, or other severe disabling health problems
* Substance abuse
* Ongoing treatment for neck pain by other health care providers
* Pregnant or nursing women
* Average neck pain score of less than 30 percentage points
* Pending or current litigation
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT00269360
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00269360