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:
2025-12-24 @ 4:20 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:20 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01772966
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or Female
* 21 to 60 years of age
* Chronic neck pain
* Neck pain duration greater than 6 weeks
* Numeric Rating Scale greater than 30, less than 65
* Pain distribution between nuchal ridge and spine of the scapula
* Pain aggravated by local provocation maneuvers at single motion segment
* Antero-posterior glide
* Paraspinal tenderness
* Negative provocative maneuvers at adjacent segment
* Able to tolerate neck movement to 50 percent normal in all directions
Exclusion Criteria:
* Worker's compensation or other medico-legal claim
* Cervical spine surgery or fracture or dislocation
* Uncontrolled hypertension (Blood Pressure over 140 over 90)
* Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
* Upper respiratory infection within 4 weeks
* Severe degenerative disease of the cervical spine
* New or significantly altered pattern of headache complaint
* Connective tissue disease
* Primary fibromyalgia
* Metabolic or metaplastic bone disease
* Whiplash injury within 12 months
* High cholesterol levels not well-managed medically
* Cardiovascular surgery in the past 6 months or planned
* Use of narcotic analgesic, prescription anti-inflammatory, or muscle relaxants, anti-convulsants
* Angina pectoris
* Dizziness
* Tinnitus
* Blurred vision, vertigo, undiagnosed sensory and motor disturbances
* Radicular symptoms and signs
* Current use of anticoagulant therapy
* Upper respiratory infection
* Neck pain on provocation greater than 7 out of 10
* Provocation of radicular pain or sensory disturbance
* Hypermobility of multiple peripheral joints,
* Physical or mental impairment precluding following instructions or participating -in supine recumbent postures
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
21 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT01772966
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01772966