Effectiveness of Isometric Exercises on Disability and Pai

Not Applicable

Conditions: Cervical spondylosis.
Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region
M47.812

Registration Number: IRCT20220206053950N1

Lead Sponsor: Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

Patients >18 years
Clinical findings of cervical spondylosis (mild to moderate) such as stiffness, chronic neck weakness, radicular or non-radicular neck pain
Chronic pain (at least 3 months)
Without acute cervical nerve root compression
Without surgical indications
With a physical examination compatible with cervical spondylosis and with signs on cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible with cervical spondylosis
Not receiving exercise therapy or physiotherapy during the 6 weeks prior to the study

Exclusion Criteria

A history of neck surgery over the past year
A history of inflammatory diseases involving the neck joints myelopathy
A history of fractures or dislocations of the cervical vertebrae
Pregnant women
Either patients who did not have a good compliance with the intervention or had difficulty following the study
A history of myelopathy

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cervical disability score on the Neck Disability Index (NDI). Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and 4 weeks after the initiation of the exercise therapy. Method of measurement: Neck Disability Index (NDI) score.;Neck Pain score on the Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD). Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and 4 weeks after the initiation of the exercise therapy. Method of measurement: The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD).

Secondary Outcome Measures