Status:
COMPLETED
Subcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Insufflations for Acute Non Specific Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Forschungsinstitut für Balneologie und Kurortwissenschaft Bad Elster
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-64 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of the trial is to evaluate whether patients with acute non specific neck pain get pain free sooner, if treated with subcutaneous carbon dioxide insufflations compared to sham ultrasound.
Detailed Description
Subcutaneous carbon dioxide insufflations popular in Central und Eastern Europe are a safe and inexpensive treatment modality in complementary medicine and are used mainly in musculoskeletal pain and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- participants must report neck pain lasting for less than 7 days
- participants must report a current pain intensity of ≥ 40 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale.
- participants must state local neck muscles tenderness during clinical examination at one or more locations
Exclusion
- neck pain of specific etiology (e.g., radiculopathy, infection, inflammation, primary tumor, or metastases)
- whiplash injury
- former neck surgery
- pregnancy
- breast feeding.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
114 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00325312
Start Date
January 1 2001
End Date
March 1 2003
Last Update
May 15 2006
Active Locations (1)
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Praxis für Allgemeinmedizin Thomas Heißner
Lohmen, Saxony, Germany, 01847