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Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain Treated With Tai Chi and Chiropractic Care
Led by Harvard University Faculty of Medicine · Updated on 2024-01-19
48
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
166 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
H
Harvard University Faculty of Medicine
Lead Sponsor
B
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This feasibility project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of chiropractic care combined with Tai Chi (TC) training to reduce pain and disability in adults with chronic non-specific neck pain (CNNP).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain Treated With Tai Chi and Chiropractic Care
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Chronic nonspecific neck pain at least 5 days a week for at least 3 consecutive months
- Average neck pain over the past week of 3 or higher on a 0 to 10 scale
- Neck Disability Index score of 5 or greater
- Willing to participate in all study procedures and accept randomization to any group
- Fluent in English
You will not qualify if you...
- Received chiropractic care currently or within the past 12 months
- Regular practice of Yoga, Tai Chi, or Qigong at least weekly in the past 6 months
- Major systemic illness or unstable medical condition, or psychiatric condition needing immediate treatment
- Any disability preventing exercise practice
- History of stroke, carotid artery dissection, or vertebral artery dissection
- Signs of myelopathy, carotid bruits, or pathological hypermobility syndrome
- Neck pain caused by congenital spine deformity, neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, neurological disorder, active cancer, severe affective disorder, addiction, or psychosis
- Neck pain with unstable radicular pain or radiculopathy
- Pregnancy
- Spinal injections in the past 4 weeks
- Neck pain involved in litigation
- Prior cervical or spinal surgery within the past year
- Currently involved in a disability or accident claim
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, 02199
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jacqui Guzman, BA
CONTACT
D
Daniel Litrownik
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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