The efficacy of manipulation for recent onset neck pain

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/402686

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Neck pain is extremely common, with a point prevalence of 46% in the general community. Neck pain can cause significant disability, and is the second most common injury causing people to take time off work. Neck pain and its associated disability clearly poses a substantial social and economic burden. Neck manipulation (high velocity thrust of the joints, often associated with a click) is widely used by physiotherapists for the management of recent onset neck pain, but there is no clear evidence for its efficacy. In addition, the use of manipulation is associated with serious, although rare, adverse events such as stroke or even death. The risk-benefit analysis, therefore, does not clearly favour manipulation because efficacy has not been established, while the risks are serious, but infrequent. The findings of the proposed study will clearly and precisely determine the efficacy of manipulation compared with the safer treatment technique of mobilisation (gentle oscillatory pressure applied to the joints), information that is currently unavailable. This information is of vital importance to many different disciplines, including health professionals, insurance companies, and to administrators for development of health policy. Our findings will thus provide evidence-based guidelines for the use of manipulation, and will ultimately lead to safer practice of physiotherapy for neck pain.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $393,974.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Sciences

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Other Keywords

acute pain | adverse reactions | cervical spine injury | clinical effectiveness and evidence based medicine | manipulative therapy | musculoskeletal disorders | neck | physiotherapy | physiotherapy management

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