The Effect of Non-resistance Technique for Neck Pain Due to a Whiplash Injury
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Non-resistance therapy is a combination of muscle compression relaxation technique and joint
mobilization in patients with acute neck pain caused by traffic accidents. This study is to
evaluate the effectiveness and safety of non-resistance therapy for pain and function
problems in patients complaining of acute neck pain induced by traffic accidents.
So, investigators conduct a randomized controlled trials to verify the effectiveness and
safety of non-resistance therapy. From December 2020 to May 2021, investigators recruit 120
inpatients who are suffered from acute neck pain with the numeric rating scale(NRS) over 5 by
traffic accident(TA).
The Korean medical treatment group(n=60) receives daily acupuncture, herbal medicine, and
chuna treatment as inpatient treatment from hospitalization until discharge. For the
non-resistance therapy group(n=60), the korean medical treatment is performed in the same
manner, but additional non-resistance therapy is performed once a day from the 2nd day to the
5th day of hospitalization.
Baseline is the time point before treatment for non-resistance therapy on the second day of
hospitalization, and the primary endpoint is the time point after treatment on the 5th day
(v5) after hospitalization.
For these two groups, investigators compare NRS(Numeric Rating Scale), Visual Analogue
Scale(VAS), Range Of Motion(ROM), Neck Disability Index(NDI), the 12-Item Short Form Health
Survey(SF-12), and PTSD Checklist for DSM(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, DSM)-5(PCL-5).