Cervical Stabilization Exercises in Patients With Spondyloarthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spondyloarthritis
• Interventions: Other: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT04483648
• Lead Sponsor: Izmir Katip Celebi University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of cervical stabilization exercises on cervical positioning error in spondyloarthritis patients.

Detailed Description

The position sense and kinesthesia are defined as proprioception. In other words, proprioception allows being aware of positions of the body parts in the space. Muscles, tendons, joint capsules are source of proprioception.

Possible damage to these structures due to inflammation may cause diminished proprioception sense. Decreased proprioception was shown for cervical region in axial spondyloarthritis patients in a recent study.

Different exercise programs may help increasing proprioception. Therefore, the aim of the present study is investigate the effects of cervical stabilization exercises on cervical proprioception accuracy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-23
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

Inclusion Criteria

• Being diagnosed as axial spondyloarthritis according to ASAS criteria
• Being able to understand and follow the exercise commands
• Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Trauma history related to cervical region
• A completed ankylosis in cervical region
• Surgery history related to cervical region
• Any vestibular disorders
• Upper extremity involvement other than axial spondyloarthritis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise Group	Exercise	A progressive home-based cervical stabilization exercise program was delivered by sending messages and video instructions via a freeware and cross-platform messaging service (WhatsApp Messenger) in a weekly basis.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Cervical Proprioception Accuracy	At baseline and six weeks later	Cervical position error method was used to determine the cervical proprioception accuracy. Cervical position error was evaluated in flexion, extension, rotation and lateral flexion directions and was calculated using a special formula. The results were analyzed as angles.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Izmir Katip Celebi University; 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey