The Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Performance on Neck Pain Patients During a Fitts' Task

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA · Apr 12, 2020

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the effects of cervical spine manipulation on the motor performance of participants with and without chronic neck pain.

The objective of this pre/post design study is to apply spinal manipulation of the cervical spine to participants with chronic neck pain and participants who are asymptomatic for neck pain, and to measure the subsequent changes of movement time of the eyes during an eye movement Fitts' task using eye-tracker technology.

This study will also include a head movement Fitts' task, which has been previously shown to identify a reduction...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Participants with neck pain:
• • Inclusion criteria
• • Between the ages of 18 and 40
• • Neck pain for at least 3 months
• • Palpable spinal segmental fixations at C1-7
• • Neck pain must be reproducible by neck movements and/or provocative
• • Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
• • Exclusion criteria
• • Contraindications to spinal manipulation
• • Can't be calibrated during the eye movement Fitts task (excluded from eye movement test only)
• • Progressive neurologic deficits
• • Cervical spine trauma or surgery
• • Infection, tumor, osteoporosis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, spinal fracture, and a history of vestibular/inner ear dysfunction
• • Diagnosed with an autonomic disorder such as Horner's syndrome
• • Any current ocular and/or retinal disease, Diabetes, a history of head trauma
• • Currently using opioids, recreational drugs or have a history of substance abuse
• Asymptomatic participants:
• • Inclusion criteria
• • Between the ages of 18 and 40
• • No neck pain for at least 3 months
• • Palpable spinal segmental fixations at C1-7
• • Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
• • Exclusion criteria
• • Contraindications to spinal manipulation
• • Can't be calibrated during the eye movement Fitts task (excluded from eye movement test only)
• • Progressive neurologic deficits
• • Cervical spine trauma or surgery
• • Infection, tumor, osteoporosis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, spinal fracture, and a history of vestibular/inner ear dysfunction
• • Diagnosed with an autonomic disorder such as Horner's syndrome
• • Any current ocular and/or retinal disease, Diabetes, a history of head trauma
• • Currently using opioids, recreational drugs or have a history of substance abuse