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NCT Number: NCT06938828

Treatment of Patients With Neck Pain After a Commuting Accident

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Cervical Injury Spine Neck Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Murcia, 33006, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Measurement of time off work

    Time frame: Screening visit

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

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measurement of type of intervention received

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, type of intervention received, will be evaluated with a dichotomous coding: manual therapy or no manual therapy.

  2. Measurement of pain intensity at the time of medical discharge

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, pain intensity at the time of medical discharge, will be collected with the recording of the visual analog scale (range 0-10)

  3. Measurement of the number of physiotherapy sessions received

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, number of physiotherapy sessions received, will be measured quantitatively (in days of treatment administration). This value will be collected from the physiotherapy record

  4. Measurement of the type of employment contract of the patients

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, type of employment contract of the patients, will be collected in a dichotomous qualitative variable (salaried/self-employed)

  5. Measuring the age of the patients

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, age of the patients, will be collected in a quantitative variable of completed years (measured in days)

  6. Measurement of patients' occupational cervical strain

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, patients' cervical strain , will be collected in a qualitative variable (Yes/No) depending on the type of work of the patients, their daily work may or may not require cervical strain.

  7. Measuring the gender of patients

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The secondary variable, the gender of patients, will be collected in a qualitative variable (Female/Male).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Patients With Neck Pain After a Commuting Accident; a Retrospective Cohort Study

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 22, 2025
Registry last updated
May 6, 2025

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