Chronic neck pain in persons with minor or moderate traffic accident injuries

ISRCTN	ISRCTN99499357
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN99499357
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	If P&C Insurance Company (Norway)
Funders	If P&C Insurance Company (Norway), Omnia Hospital, Oslo (Norway)

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

Section for Back Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Orthopaedic Department
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Oslo
N-0027
Norway

Email	jens.ivar.brox@rikshospitalet.no

Study information

Primary study design	Observational
Study design	Observational prospective cohort study
Secondary study design	Cohort study
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(s)	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)
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	The following were assessed by a follow-up questionnaire at three years post-injury: 1. Current employment status 2. Physical functioning 3. Customer satisfaction
Completion date	31/12/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	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

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/01/2007		Yes	No