Effects of an Active Program in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in number of active trigger points
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Neck pain is a complex biopsychosocial disorder often precipitated or aggravated by neck movements or sustained neck postures. More than 80 % of individuals experience neck pain and neck associated disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 4-week active exercising program in patients with chronic neck pain.
Detailed Description
While neck pain can be severely disabling and costly, treatment options have shown moderate evidence of effectiveness. The optimal physiotherapy intervention is currently unclear. Consequently, more research in this area combining different techniques in patients with a specific clinical profile is needed. It has been previously shown that participants prefer self-care measures for the management of neck pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 4-week active exercising program in patients with chronic neck pain.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •To suffer from chronic neck pain (at least 3 months' duration)
- •Neck pain of at least 3 on a visual analogue scale.
- •Participants' symptoms should be at least partly related to increased nerve mechanosensitivity in the neck and upper limb confirmed by the reproduction of participants' symptoms by median nerve upper-limb neurodynamic test.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Whiplash related neck pain.
- •Previous cervical surgical intervention.
- •Cognitive impairments which prevent them to follow instructions.
- •Visual or acoustic limitations.
Arms & Interventions
Active intervention
Patients will be included in an active intervention.
Intervention: Active exercising (Other)
Control group
Patients in the control group will not receive any intervention
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in number of active trigger points
Time Frame: Changes from baseline to 4 weeks in the number of active trigger points assessed by palpation. The percentage of active trigger points is obtained.
Baseline, 4 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- Severity of pain(Changes from baseline to 4 weeks in the severity of pain assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory. The severity and the interference of pain with daily life subscales were included. Score is the sum of the items divided by the number of items.)
- Functionality(Changes from baseline to 4 weeks on functionality assessed using the Neck Outcome Score.Symptoms, sleep disturbance, every day activity and pain and participation in everyday life subscales were included. They Ranged from 0 to 100 (no simptoms).)
Investigators
Marie Carmen Valenza
Principal Investigator
Universidad de Granada