Treatment of Patients With Neck Pain After a Commuting Accident

NCT06938828 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Itinere
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 204
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction. Neck pain is one of the main causes of incapacity for work. The economic impact of neck pain is considerable due to the cost of medical treatment and physiotherapy. Accidents in itinere, those that occur on the way between home and the workplace, can cause pain and functional impairment. Objective. To analyze the relationship between the time off work following accidents on the way to and from work and the type of treatment received. Material and method. Multicenter retrospective cohort study. Data will be collected from 146 patients. The primary variable of the study will be the time on sick leave (in days), with the type of intervention received (manual therapy or not) being the dependent variable. The secondary variables, estimated as modifying or confounding, will be the intensity of the pain (visual analog scale), sex, age, occupational cervical strain, type of contract (salaried/self-employed) and the number of physiotherapy sessions received.

Conditions

Cervical Injury Spine

Keywords

neck pain; physiotherapy; accidents in itinere; Incapacity for work

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Measurement of time off work

  The dependent variable, time off work, will be measured in days.

  Screening visit

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Measurement of type of intervention received

  Screening visit

• Measurement of pain intensity at the time of medical discharge

  Screening visit

• Measurement of the number of physiotherapy sessions received

  Screening visit

• Measurement of the type of employment contract of the patients

  Screening visit

• Measuring the age of the patients

  Screening visit

Study Arms (1)

Observational group

Data will be collected from medical records of a mutual insurance company that collaborates with the Social Security. The data will be from patients of both sexes with a medical diagnosis of neck pain secondary to traffic accidents while commuting and without a medical diagnosis of associated traffic pathology, between the years 2022 and 2024. The patients had received a physiotherapy intervention with and without manual therapy.

Other: Observational cohort group

Interventions

Observational cohort group OTHER

As this is an observational cohort study, there will be no intervention. In this study, only retrospective data will be collected for subsequent analysis. Similarly, the aim is to assess the relationship between the time on sick leave and the type of physiotherapy treatment received by patients. As this is an observational and retrospective cohort study, there is no risk derived from the development of the study for the subjects whose data form part of the study.

Observational group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who have suffered a traffic accident while traveling to or from work between 2022 and 2024.

You may qualify if:

• Patients of both sexes
• Persons aged 18 to 65
• Patients with a medical diagnosis of neck pain secondary to traffic accidents while commuting
• Persons without a medical diagnosis of another associated pathology
• Patients whose accident occurred between 2022 and 2024.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who have received physiotherapy treatment at another centre during the process
• Patients who requested voluntary discharge for whatever reason.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Murcia, Murcia, 33006, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2025
• First Posted: April 22, 2025
• Study Start: April 22, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 13, 2025
• Study Completion: May 15, 2025
• Last Updated: May 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

ES (1)