Chronic neck pain in persons with minor or moderate traffic accident injuries
ISRCTN | ISRCTN99499357 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN99499357 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 26/02/2008
- Registration date
- 29/02/2008
- Last edited
- 02/10/2008
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Jens Ivar Brox
Scientific
Scientific
Section for Back Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Orthopaedic Department
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Oslo
N-0027
Norway
jens.ivar.brox@rikshospitalet.no |
Study information
Study design | Observational prospective cohort study |
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Primary study design | Observational |
Secondary study design | Cohort study |
Study setting(s) | Not specified |
Study type | Treatment |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | Patients with whiplash injuries showing minimal improvement 4 weeks or more following a minor or moderate traffic injury would benefit from multidisciplinary evaluation and advice as compared to treatment as usual. |
Ethics approval(s) | Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics, Health Region 2, Norway and the Data Inspectorate, Norway. Date of approval: 24/09/1999 (ref: 99/1964-2) |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Whiplash-associated disorders |
Intervention | Multidisciplinary evaluation and advice. The intervention consisted of a thorough clinical examination by a general practitioner, who had special training and experience with whiplash-associated disorders, as well as comprehensive testing by physiotherapists with special education in manual therapy. This examination took approximately 2.5 hours. Following the completion of this examination, the injured were referred to a more specialized assessment when necessary. Eighty-five percent of the participants were examined further by a specialist, most often a rehabilitation specialist (50%) or a neurologist (30%). Comparator: treatment as usual |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | The following were assessed by a follow-up questionnaire at three years post-injury: 1. Frequency of neck pain (never, sometimes and daily) 2. Severity of neck pain (very severe, severe, moderate and mild) |
Secondary outcome measures | The following were assessed by a follow-up questionnaire at three years post-injury: 1. Current employment status 2. Physical functioning 3. Customer satisfaction |
Overall study start date | 01/07/1996 |
Completion date | 31/12/2007 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Adult |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | 700 |
Key inclusion criteria | 1. Aged 16 years or older 2. Those who reported a traffic accident injury to If P&C Insurance Company Ltd. |
Key exclusion criteria | Patients with a injury to the brain (except concussion), cranial nerves, spinal cord, eyes, abdominal organs, or with multiple traumas. |
Date of first enrolment | 01/07/1996 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/12/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Norway
Study participating centre
Section for Back Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Oslo
N-0027
Norway
N-0027
Norway
Sponsor information
If P&C Insurance Company (Norway)
Industry
Industry
P.O. Box 240
1326
Lysaker
N-1326
Norway
postmottak@if.no | |
Website | http://www.if-insurance.com |
Funders
Funder type
Industry
If P&C Insurance Company (Norway)
No information available
Omnia Hospital, Oslo (Norway)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 01/01/2007 | Yes | No |