Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Preventive Care of Chronic Cervical Pain and Disabilities; Comparison of Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Individualized Home Exercise Programs
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to determine which of tertiary prevention spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) or a home exercise program is the more efficient approach to reduce pain and increase functional capacity, quality of life and general health condition. To do so, 60 participants with chronic cervical pain, will be recruited and divided into 3 groups according to the intervention they will receive: control group, experimental group 1 who will receive preventive chiropractic care in the form of spinal manipulations and experimental group 2 will have to perform an individualized home exercise program on a daily basis. We hypothesize that a group of patient receiving SMT + a home exercise program will present less pain and functional disabilities over a 1 year period. The innovative value of this project is mainly related to the fact that it will generate new and potentially very useful data concerning the clinical significance of preventive chiropractic care. Moreover, such data will be beneficial to our profession as chiropractic makes a step towards prevention, wellness and public health.


Options:
A: Arm Label: 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Procedure: Chiropractic + Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise | Arm Label: 2; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Procedure: Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise | Arm Label: 3; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Self-care education | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Chiropractic + Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise; Assigned to Arm(s): 1 | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Supervised Rehabilitative Exercise; Assigned to Arm(s): 2 | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Self-care education; Assigned to Arm(s): 3
B: Arm Label: 1; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: spinal manipulation | Arm Label: 3; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Spinal manipulation + exercises | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: spinal manipulation; Assigned to Arm(s): 2 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Spinal manipulation + exercises; Assigned to Arm(s): 3
C: Arm Label: 9 months of chiropractic care and exercise; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: chiropractic, Behavioral: exercise | Arm Label: 3 months of chiropractic care and exercise; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: chiropractic, Behavioral: exercise | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: chiropractic; Assigned to Arm(s): 3 months of chiropractic care and exercise, 9 months of chiropractic care and exercise | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: exercise; Assigned to Arm(s): 3 months of chiropractic care and exercise, 9 months of chiropractic care and exercise
D: Arm Label: 1; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: manual therapy, Other: exercise | Arm Label: 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: exercise | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: manual therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): 1 | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: exercise; Assigned to Arm(s): 1, 2

Answer: B