🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2024-01-18
Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain Treated With Tai Chi and Chiropractic Care (NCT05726331)
🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 📋 Clinical Research Protocol Sponsor: Harvard University Faculty of Medicine
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This feasibility project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of chiropractic care combined with Tai Chi (TC) training to reduce pain and disability in adults with chronic non-specific neck pain (CNNP).
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (5 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (14 items).
Location: Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital — Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently, or having received chiropractic care in past 12 months
- Regular practice (on average, weekly) of Yoga, Tai Chi or Qigong in the past 6 months
- Any major systemic illness or unstable medical condition (e.g. Parkinson's disease, cancer) or psychiatric condition requiring immediate treatment or that could lead to difficulty complying with the protocol
- Any disability precluding exercise practice
- History of stroke, carotid artery dissection, or vertebral artery dissection
- Signs of myelopathy or carotid bruits or evidence of pathological hypermobility (e.g. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome) during the clinical exam
- Neck pain caused by congenital deformity of the spine that contraindicate treatment, neck pain related to neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, neurological disorder, active oncologic disease, severe affective disorder, addiction, or psychosis
- Neck pain associated with unstable radicular pain or radiculopathy
- Pregnancy
- Recent spinal injections (in the past 4 weeks)
- Neck pain with litigation
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital — Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.