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 @ 6:59 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02272257
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Temple University Employees who speak English sufficiently to understand informed consent.
* Has a primary complaint that is potentially of neuro-musculoskeletal origin. This is defined by a primary complaint of pain, numbness, or decreased function due to symptoms within regions of spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand pain, pelvic/SI, hip, knee, or ankle pain, temporomandibular joint pain, or headaches. The complaint could be work related (workers compensation) or non-work related. This definition does not include abrasions, contusions, etc. that result in pain but do not affect the employee's function.
* Age greater than or equal to 18 years old.
* Employee's primary complaint began ≤3 months upon initial study screening. This could include a recent exacerbation (within ≤3 months onset) of a condition with a history of previous episodes. If the patient reports more than one complaint, all complaints will be addressed in the study with intervention that began within the ≤3 month timeframe.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Met with another medical provider for advice for the condition prior to study enrollment (including physical therapist, chiropractor, physician, surgeon, physician-assistant, or nurse, etc.).
* Medical history of surgery for a prior episode of complaint.
* Any major psychiatric disease in their past medical history.
* Red flags cannot be ruled out during the medical screening examination (e.g., cauda equina compression, inflammatory arthritis, malignancy, fracture, serious illness or comorbidity). Any musculoskeletal injuries that can be managed by a physical therapist will not be excluded (radiculopathy, potential ACL tear, peripheral nerve entrapments, etc.)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02272257
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02272257