Comparison of the effect of cervical proprioceptive exercises in addition to conventional physiotherapy with isolated conventional physiotherapy on relative proprioceptive weighting of the cervical spine and postural control in chronic non-specific neck pain individuals.
- Conditions
- on-specific chronic neck pain.Pain, cervical (neck), chronic, more than 3 months. Discomfort or more intense forms of pain that are localized to the cervical region. This term generally refers to pain in the posterior or lateral regions of the neck.M54. 2
- Registration Number
- IRCT20191130045552N1
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Individuals with nonspecific chronic neck pain with a duration of at least 3 months (either permanent or episodic).The pain should be experienced in the sub-occipital area and/or the upper trapezius muscle.
The average pain intensity during 3 weeks prior to testing session should be between 3.5 and 6.5 and pain intensity in the testing day should be less than 6.5.
based on the patient's physician's diagnosis, the neck pain should not be associated with any specific lesion or injury, with no symptoms of radicular pain and upper limbs and no pathoanatomic diagnosis.
By asking the patient, we make sure that patients do not receive any physical therapy or exercise therapy for the neck during the study.
The patient should have passed at least primary school level of education.
Included patients should have at least 60 degrees of neck extension without sever symptom exacerbation.
In the past 6 months, they have not received physiotherapy for neck pain.
Ability to stand upright.
The patients know Persian language.
The patients did not perform Jaw-Temporal surgery.
The patients should not have Severe mental illnesses requiring medication.
Not participating regular exercising.
Positive Dix Hallpike test that indicates vestibular system dysfunction.
Dissatisfaction with continuing tests.
Inability to perform or complete study tests due to exacerbation of symptoms.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sway Velocity. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.;Sway Range. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.;Relative Proprioceptive Weighting. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain Intensity. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Disability. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Neck Disability Index.;Fear Avoidance. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia.;Sway Area. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.;Sway Path Length. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.;Maximum Lyapunov Exponent. Timepoint: Up to one week before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Force Plate.