The purpose of the Manual Cervical Distraction: Measuring Chiropractic Delivery for Neck Pain Clinical Trial is to examine the patient-centered clinical and biomechanical outcomes, doctor treatment delivery, and believability characteristics of a commonly used chiropractic procedure for the treatment of neck- or neck-related arm pain or disability.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 70 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age 18 to 70 years (inclusive).
* Mechanical neck pain or neck-related upper extremity pain lasting at least 4 weeks duration.
* Mechanical neck pain or neck-related upper extremity pain classified as Quebec Task Force (QTF) 2-4.
* Naïve to flexion-distraction manual therapy procedures to cervical area.
* Average neck pain in the past 24 hours rated between 3 and 7 on a 0-10 Pain Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) at Phone Screen and Baseline 1 Interview.
* Signed Informed Consent Document.
Exclusion Criteria
* Doctor of chiropractic or current or former chiropractic student.
* Average neck pain in past 24 hours rated 0-2 or 8-10 on a 0-10 Pain NRS at Phone Screen and Baseline 1 Interview.
* Neck pain from other than somatic tissues as determined by history and clinical examination.
* Surgery to cervical-thoracic area within the past 6 months.
* Recent fracture in the cervico-thoracic spine or ribs within the past 8 weeks.
* Injections for pain in neck, shoulders, arms or hands in the past 4 weeks.
* Neck pain classified as QTF 1, 5-11.
* Unwillingness to postpone use of all types of manual treatment for neck pain, except those provided in the study for the duration of the study.
* Inability or unwillingness to comply with study protocols.
* Bone or joint pathologies representing a contraindication to study procedures.
* Any single or multisegmental fusion (surgical or congenital) of the 1st through the 7th cervical vertebrae.
* Other safety concerns as dete…