Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Trial website
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jennifer Klaber Moffett
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Hull
Institute of Rehabilitation
215 Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2PG
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1482 675 610
j.moffett@hull.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
rctc119 Klaber Moffett
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
SPRINTER
Study hypothesis
1. Is a brief physiotherapy intervention (1-3 sessions) in patients with neck-related pain as effective as a traditional course of physiotherapy?
2. What are the relative costs of using the brief intervention approach compared with traditional physiotherapy?
Ethics approval
Added as of 25/07/2007:
1. Hull and East Riding Research Ethics Committee
2. Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Locally Organised Research Ethics Committee
3. South Humber Health Authority Local Research Ethics Committee
Study design
Randomised controlled trial.
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal diseases: Spinal conditions
Intervention
1. Brief intervention: problem solving approach encouraging self-help. It will consist of advice, including a home exercise programme, and incorporate cognitive behavioural principles.
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Neck Pain Questionnaire: a condition specific questionnaire measuring functional disability which has been developed from the Oswestry Disability Score for back pain patients
2. SF-36: This is a generic health-related quality of life questionnaire including both psychological and physical factors
3. EuroQol: This a generic quality of life measure required for the economic evaluation
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
03/01/1999
Overall trial end date
10/10/2002
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria updated as of 25/07/2007:
1. A minimum age of 18 years
2. Neck pain of musculoskeletal origin lasting at least two weeks
3. Referred to a participating physiotherapy department and having consented to participate in the study
4. Willingness to be randomized; that is, no overwhelming preference for either intervention
Inclusion criteria provided at time of registration:
Patients who are referred by their GPs to the participating community based physiotherapy departments for the management of neck related pain thought to be of musculoskeletal origin and corresponding to the diagnostic categories 1 and 2 (neck pain with or without referral to the proximal extremity) of the classification system proposed by the Quebec Task Force on Spinal Disorders.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
268
Participant exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria added as of 25/07/2007:
1. Potentially serious pathology
2. Main pain below the elbow or in some other part of the body or coexisting serious other problem (such as capsulitis of the shoulder or tennis elbow) that would require additional treatment other than that required for the neck pain
3. Recent treatment for a neck problem (in the previous six weeks) or intention to pursue additional (private) treatment concurrent with that provided by the physiotherapy department
4. Surgery on the neck
Recruitment start date
03/01/1999
Recruitment end date
10/10/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Hull
Hull
HU3 2PG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Trent (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Publication citations
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Results
Klaber Moffett JA, Jackson DA, Richmond S, Hahn S, Coulton S, Farrin A, Manca A, Torgerson DJ, Randomised trial of a brief physiotherapy intervention compared with usual physiotherapy for neck pain patients: outcomes and patients' preference., BMJ, 2005, 330, 7482, 75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38286.493206.82.