Comparing the effects of isometric neck exercise training and craniocervical flexion exercise training in chronic non-specific neck pai

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic non- specific neck pain; Neck pain

• Registration Number: TCTR20160627001
• Lead Sponsor: aresuan university

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06-27
• Study Completion: 2016-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

- Subjects who chronic neck pain more than 3 months unknown cause assessed by screening physical examination
- Aged between 20 and 50 years
- The visual analog scale (VAS), pain level at the last week of subject between 45 and 74 mm (moderate pain)
- The neck disability index (NDI), less than 24 scores (out of possible 50)
- The average time per day during sitting at least 4 hours
- Agree to accept the following terms and conditions of study

Exclusion Criteria

- History of abnormal cervical spine such as disk prolapse, spinal stenosis, spasmodic torticollis, spondylolisthesis
- Postoperative conditions in the neck and shoulder areas
- History of migraine
- History of Vertigo
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency: VBI
- Demonstrated neurological signs such as muscles weakness, numbness
- Fibromyalgia
- Shoulder diseases such as shoulder tendonitis, shoulder bursitis, shoulder adhesive capsulitis, shoulder impingement
- Inflammatory rheumatic diseases
- Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks Visual analog scale,cervical range of motion 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks CROM instrument

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eck disability 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks Neck disability index,Craniocervical flexion level 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks CCFT with an air-filled pressure sensor ,Craniovertebral and forward shoulder posture angles 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks lateral view in photographs and imagej software,Maximum voluntary isometric contraction force 1st visit,at 4 weeks and 8 weeks Hand held dynamometer