The Investigation of Thoracic Spinal Curvature and Mobility in Subjects With and Without Neck Pain: Cut-off Points

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Device: Spinal Mouse® measurement; Behavioral: Neck pain intensity measurement

• Registration Number: NCT02424058
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the sagittal thoracic spinal curvature and mobility in subjects with and without chronic neck pain, cut-off points and pain relationship

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07
• Status Verified: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-18
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-22
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2015-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged between 18 and 65 years with persistent neck pain for more than 3 months
• The inclusion criteria for the control group included acceptance to participate in the study, no previous neck pain (lifetime-to-date), no spinal surgery or deformity, and no radiological abnormalities detected

Exclusion Criteria

• Prior history of injury or surgery relating to spine, spinal deformity, neurological symptoms or signs, radiological abnormalities indicating cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, prior history of other spinal disorder such as low back pain, active intervention in the last 3 months including drug therapy or physiotherapy, malignancy, systemic pathology including any rheumatologic disease and osteoporosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Neck pain	Neck pain intensity measurement	Patients aged between 18 and 65 years with persistent neck pain for more than 3 months
Neck pain	Spinal Mouse® measurement	Patients aged between 18 and 65 years with persistent neck pain for more than 3 months
Healthy	Spinal Mouse® measurement	Acceptance to participate in the study, no previous neck oain (lifetime-to-date), no spinal surgery or deformity, and no radiological abnormalities detected

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thoracic curvature, as measured by Spinal Mouse®	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain, as measured by Visual Analog Scale	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of one year
Thoracic mobility, as measured by Spinal Mouse®	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of one year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ataturk Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Cankaya, Turkey