Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cervicogenic dizziness is a disabling condition characterised by postural unsteadiness that is aggravated by cervical spine movements and associated with a painful and/or stiff neck. Two manual therapy treatments (Mulligan’s Sustaine...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cervicogenic dizziness is a disabling condition characterised by postural unsteadiness that is aggravated by cervical spine movements and associated with a painful and/or stiff neck. Two manual therapy treatments (Mulligan’s Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAGs) and Maitland’s passive joint mobilisations) are used by physiotherapists to treat this condition but there is little evidence from randomised controlled trials to support their use. The aim of this study is to conduct a randomised controlled trial to compare these two forms of manual therapy (Mulligan glides and Maitland mobilisations) to each other and to a placebo in reducing symptoms of cervicogenic dizziness in the longer term and to conduct an economic evaluation of the interventions.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Participants with symptoms of dizziness described as imbalance, together with a painful and/or stiff neck will be recruited via media releases, advertisements and mail-outs to medical practitioners in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. Potential participants will be screened by a physiotherapist and a neurologist to rule out other causes of their dizziness. Once diagnosed with cervciogenic dizziness, 90 participants will be randomly allocated to one of three groups: Maitland mobilisations plus range-of-motion exercises, Mulligan SNAGs plus self-SNAG exercises or placebo. Participants will receive two to six treatments over six weeks. The trial will have unblinded treatment but blinded outcome assessments. Assessments will occur at baseline, post-treatment, six weeks, 12 weeks, six months and 12 months post treatment. The primary outcome will be intensity of dizziness. Other outcome measures will be frequency of dizziness, disability, intensity of cervical pain, cervical range of motion, balance, head repositioning, adverse effects and treatment satisfaction. Economic outcomes will also be collected.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This paper describes the methods for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two manual therapy techniques in the treatment of people with cervicogenic dizziness for which there is limited established evidence-based treatment.</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>ACTRN12611000073909</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa6a299a9d24498483644cccc595448e2022-12-22T02:19:27ZengBMCBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders1471-24742012-10-0113120110.1186/1471-2474-13-201Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trialReid Susan ARivett Darren AKatekar Michael GCallister Robin<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cervicogenic dizziness is a disabling condition characterised by postural unsteadiness that is aggravated by cervical spine movements and associated with a painful and/or stiff neck. Two manual therapy treatments (Mulligan’s Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAGs) and Maitland’s passive joint mobilisations) are used by physiotherapists to treat this condition but there is little evidence from randomised controlled trials to support their use. The aim of this study is to conduct a randomised controlled trial to compare these two forms of manual therapy (Mulligan glides and Maitland mobilisations) to each other and to a placebo in reducing symptoms of cervicogenic dizziness in the longer term and to conduct an economic evaluation of the interventions.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Participants with symptoms of dizziness described as imbalance, together with a painful and/or stiff neck will be recruited via media releases, advertisements and mail-outs to medical practitioners in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. Potential participants will be screened by a physiotherapist and a neurologist to rule out other causes of their dizziness. Once diagnosed with cervciogenic dizziness, 90 participants will be randomly allocated to one of three groups: Maitland mobilisations plus range-of-motion exercises, Mulligan SNAGs plus self-SNAG exercises or placebo. Participants will receive two to six treatments over six weeks. The trial will have unblinded treatment but blinded outcome assessments. Assessments will occur at baseline, post-treatment, six weeks, 12 weeks, six months and 12 months post treatment. The primary outcome will be intensity of dizziness. Other outcome measures will be frequency of dizziness, disability, intensity of cervical pain, cervical range of motion, balance, head repositioning, adverse effects and treatment satisfaction. Economic outcomes will also be collected.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This paper describes the methods for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two manual therapy techniques in the treatment of people with cervicogenic dizziness for which there is limited established evidence-based treatment.</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>ACTRN12611000073909</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/13/201 |
| spellingShingle | Reid Susan A Rivett Darren A Katekar Michael G Callister Robin Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
| title | Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full | Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
| title_short | Efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
| title_sort | efficacy of manual therapy treatments for people with cervicogenic dizziness and pain protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
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