Use of ThermaCare Heat Wraps and Ibuprofen as an Adjunct to Physical Therapy for Neck Pain
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Chronic Pain |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 80 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | November 2014 |
| End Date: | March 2015 |
| Contact: | jerrold Petrofsky, Ph D |
| Email: | jpetrofsky@llu.edu |
| Phone: | 7143215424 |
Objective- To see if the use of heat at home between physical therapy sessions results in
better therapy outcomes in people with acute neck pain.
Setting: Physical Therapy outpatient rehabilitation center Participants: 90 people with
acute nonspecific neck pain broken into 4 groups. Intervention: All subjects will undergo 45
minutes of therapy 2 times per week for 2 weeks. All subjects will accomplish 1 hour of
therapeutic exercise at home on days when there is no therapy. Thirty of the subjects will
use ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 30 used Ibuprofen plus ThermaCare neck wraps
before home exercise, 15 will use a sham heat wrap and an Ibuprofen placebo each day (1200
mg / day) and the last 15 will be controls with conventional physical therapy.
better therapy outcomes in people with acute neck pain.
Setting: Physical Therapy outpatient rehabilitation center Participants: 90 people with
acute nonspecific neck pain broken into 4 groups. Intervention: All subjects will undergo 45
minutes of therapy 2 times per week for 2 weeks. All subjects will accomplish 1 hour of
therapeutic exercise at home on days when there is no therapy. Thirty of the subjects will
use ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 30 used Ibuprofen plus ThermaCare neck wraps
before home exercise, 15 will use a sham heat wrap and an Ibuprofen placebo each day (1200
mg / day) and the last 15 will be controls with conventional physical therapy.
Neck pain patients admitted to an outpatient physical therapy program will be randomly
assigned to either a control or 3 experimental groups. An initial evaluation and
rehabilitation program will be established which includes a home exercise program. Therapy
will be 2 days per week for 2 weeks. Thirty of the subjects will use ThermaCare continuous
heat neck wraps applied for 6 hours before home exercise, 30 will use ibuprofen (1200 mg
/day given in 3 dosages) plus ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 15 will use a sham
heat wrap and a Ibuprofen placebo each day and the last 15 will have conventional therapy.
Intervention with heat or Ibuprofen will be used on days that they are not being treated in
the clinic. All groups will be evaluated initially and after 2 weeks. They will be given
home exercise and heat compliance logs and analog visual pain scales to be filled out each
night before exercise and, if they used heat, before and after heat will be applied. The
physical therapist will also be asked to evaluate their home compliance, pain and the
benefit to them from the heat packs. Subjects will complete a neck disability questionnaire
at the beginning and end of the study. At the end of the two weeks of treatment, a
multivariate ANOVA will be performed to compare changes in home exercise compliance,
functional level, pain level, range of motion, and strength. A statistical level of p≤.05 is
considered predictive of a difference between groups.
assigned to either a control or 3 experimental groups. An initial evaluation and
rehabilitation program will be established which includes a home exercise program. Therapy
will be 2 days per week for 2 weeks. Thirty of the subjects will use ThermaCare continuous
heat neck wraps applied for 6 hours before home exercise, 30 will use ibuprofen (1200 mg
/day given in 3 dosages) plus ThermaCare neck wraps before home exercise, 15 will use a sham
heat wrap and a Ibuprofen placebo each day and the last 15 will have conventional therapy.
Intervention with heat or Ibuprofen will be used on days that they are not being treated in
the clinic. All groups will be evaluated initially and after 2 weeks. They will be given
home exercise and heat compliance logs and analog visual pain scales to be filled out each
night before exercise and, if they used heat, before and after heat will be applied. The
physical therapist will also be asked to evaluate their home compliance, pain and the
benefit to them from the heat packs. Subjects will complete a neck disability questionnaire
at the beginning and end of the study. At the end of the two weeks of treatment, a
multivariate ANOVA will be performed to compare changes in home exercise compliance,
functional level, pain level, range of motion, and strength. A statistical level of p≤.05 is
considered predictive of a difference between groups.
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 18-80 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- those with neck pain caused by fractures or spinal damage
- those who have undergone neck surgery within the last year
- those with radiculopathy or those with diagnosed diabetes were excluded from this
study
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