The Effects of Cervical Sensorimotor Control Challenges on Gait Patterns, Cervical Sensorimotor Control During Dynamic Tasks

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Gait; Sensorimotor; Neck Pain

• Registration Number: NCT06542302
• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng Kung University

Brief Summary

To investigate the influence of cervical SMC challenges during gait-related dynamic tasks on all task performance and symptoms in patients with CNP.

Detailed Description

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the immediate effects of cervical sensorimotor challenges during gait-related dynamic tasks on all task performance and symptoms in patients with CNP .

The main question it aims to answer is:

Does adding sensorimotor challenges in chronic neck pain patient will affect balance and gait performance?

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-07
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-25
• Study Start: 2024-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2027-07-31
• Study Completion: 2027-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy asymptomatic adults will not have any complaints of current pain and impairments of neuromusculoskeletal systems within the last 6 months.

• For patients with CNP

  • Pain was unilateral or bilateral between the superior nuchal line and 1st thoracic vertebra
  • Neck pain persisting for 3 months and above
  • Average pain intensity of last pain episode was between 2 and 8 based on the numeric rating scale (NRS).

Exclusion criteria:

◾For patients with CNP and healthy asymptomatic adults

• Acute or the first onset of neck pain
• Traumatic cause of pain
• Previous fracture or surgery of the spine
• Diagnosed cardiopulmonary diseases, for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema
• Diagnosed gastrointestinal and abdominal conditions which may interfere daily activities within the past 6 months
• Medical conditions that may affect balance and study procedures (e.g. neurological diseases, vestibular disorders, malignant tumors)
• Metabolic diseases such as anemia and diabetes
• Smoking, plan to pregnant or in pregnancy
• Psychological disorders (affect questionnaire responses)
• Unable to walk independently
• Corrected visual abnormalities or individuals unable to wear contact lenses for vision correction due to the potential interference of wearing VR head-mounted display with glasses.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Head and Cervical Kinematics	One day	Mean and peak angular velocity (m/s) and acceleration (m/\^2)
Lower Extremity Kinematics and Kinetics	One day	Mean and peak angular velocity and acceleration (m/\^2)
Spatiotemporal parameter	One day	step width (meter)
Enter of Mass and Center of Pressure (COM-COP)	One day	A 15-component link-segment model will be used to estimate the location of the total body COM. The center of pressure (COP) data will be derived from the outputs of the AMTI force platform.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Cheng Kung University; 🇨🇳 Tainan, Taiwan