Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment Study Comparing Manual Treatment or Advice in Acute, Musculoskeletal Chest Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Clinical Locomotion Science
Collaborating Sponsors:
Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
Odense University Hospital
Conditions:
Musculoskeletal Chest Pain
Non-cardiac Chest Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Acute chest pain is a common cause of hospital admission. Active approaches are directed towards diagnosis and treatment of potentially life threatening conditions, especially acute coronary syndrome ...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND Acute chest pain is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission.(Bechgaard, 1982) In Denmark alone, more than 30,000 patients are admitted to medical departments because of chest...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- To be included in the project the participant must
- Have chest pain as their primary complaint.
- Have an acute episode of pain of less than 7 days duration before admission.
- Consent to the standardized evaluation program at the chest pain clinic.
- Have pain the in the thorax and/or neck.
- Be able to read and understand Danish. Be between 18 and 75 year of age.
- Be a resident of the Funen County.
- Patients will not be included if any of the following conditions are present
- ACS.
- Have had Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Artery By-pass Grafting (CABG).
- Have a condition that is likely to results in the episode of chest pain. The condition must be verified clinically during admission (i.e. pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, dissection of the aorta, …).
- Inflammatory joint disease.
- Insulin dependent diabetes.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Malignant disease.
- Apoplexy, dementia, or unable to cooperate.
- Major osseous anomaly.
- Osteoporosis.
- Pregnancy.
- Does not want to participate.
- Other - the reason for non-inclusion will be registered.
Exclusion
- Participants will be excluded following baseline evaluation if any of the following conditions are present
- Pain not related to the joints and muscles of the neck and/or thorax (CTA negative, see below).
- New incidence of any of the above mentioned conditions/pathologies.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
115 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00462241
Start Date
August 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
February 20 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Dept. of Cardiology and Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark, DK-5000