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 @ 5:57 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:57 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02348268
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* being between 18 and 65 years old; having mechanical neck pain with or without symptoms that radiated to the head and/or upper limbs (Guzman et al., 2009b); and
* scoring 10% or higher on the Neck Disability Index (NDI) or 2 points or more on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain at initial evaluation (Farrar et al., 2001; Cleland et al., 2007).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Neck pain due to neoplasia, metastasis, severe osteoporosis, infectious or inflammatory processes, fractures, congenital anomalies, herniated disc, whiplash or cervical stenosis;
* evidence of cervical spinal cord compromise or radiculopathy; previous neck surgery;
* neck pain accompanied by dizziness caused by vertebrobasilar insufficiency or by headaches excluding those of cervical origin; and
* pregnant women. Patients were also excluded if they had received physiotherapy treatment in the previous three months; and had pending legal actions.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT02348268
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02348268