Active Intervention for Patients With Neck Pain

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Active exercising

• Registration Number: NCT03987516
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Granada

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-11
• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-11
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-17
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-09-04
• Study Completion: 2019-09-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active intervention	Active exercising	Patients will be included in an active intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in number of active trigger points	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.	Baseline, 4 weeks
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).	Baseline, 4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Physical Therapy; 🇪🇸 Granada, Spain