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Clinical Trials/NCT04752488
NCT04752488
Completed
N/A

The Effect of Telerehabilitation and Conventional Rehabilitation on Clinical Results and Exercise Adherence in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Marmara University1 site in 1 country40 target enrollmentMarch 20, 2022

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Neck Pain
Sponsor
Marmara University
Enrollment
40
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Neck Disability Index (NDI)
Status
Completed
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Telerehabilitation offers more efficient follow-up of patients during their home exercise period as a cost-effective and effective treatment model. This study was planned to examine the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in patients with chronic neck pain. The aim of the study is to compare the video-based and telerehabilitation based home-exercise program in patients with chronic neck pain. It is aimed to evaluate the patients in terms of pain, functionality, quality of life, and exercise adherence.

Detailed Description

With telerehabilitation, patients can easily adapt to home exercise programs and be monitored remotely. In this way, it will be ensured that individuals can apply their exercises at an optimum level in non-clinical settings and to prevent exercise application errors that occur due to the learning effect frequently observed in conventional methods. Exercise is considered a central element in physical therapy and rehabilitation management in patients with chronic neck pain. However, studies have found that improvements after physical therapy and rehabilitation are not preserved in the long term, and recurrence of chronic low back pain is common. With a more cost-effective treatment model, "telerehabilitation", it is aimed that patients can be followed more efficiently during their home exercise period. The aim of the study is to compare the video-based and telerehabilitation based home-exercise program in patients with chronic neck pain. It is aimed to evaluate the patients in terms of pain, functionality, quality of life, and exercise adherence.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 20, 2022
End Date
July 29, 2022
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Fatih ÖZDEN

Principal Investigator

Marmara University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients between the ages of 18 - 65
  • Patients who have suffered from neck pain for at least 3 months
  • Signing the consent form

Exclusion Criteria

  • Situations that prevent the evaluation or communication with the individual
  • Illiterate individuals
  • Individuals who have undergone an operation due to neck pain problem, diagnosed with a tumor, infection, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory diseases, fracture, cauda equina syndrome
  • Conditions in which specific pathological condition is proven such as malignant condition, fracture, systemic rheumatoid disease
  • Orthopedic and neurological problems that prevent evaluation and/or treatment
  • Complaints of pain and numbness spreading to the upper extremities
  • Individuals with a diagnosed psychiatric disease
  • Individuals who have received physiotherapy in the last 6 months
  • Individuals using another treatment method during the study
  • Individuals with musculoskeletal pain in any other part of the body during work

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

Time Frame: 5 minutes

NDI consists of 10 titles: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headache, concentration, study, driving, sleeping, and recreation. For each item included in the study; 0 indicates "no disability" and 5 represents "complete disability" Participants will be asked to give points between these scores. The total score ranges between 0 (no disability) and 50 (complete disability).

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Time Frame: 2 minutes

The patients will be asked to mark their pain feelings for rest and activity on a 10 cm numerical line (0: no pain, 10: unbearable pain). It is planned to use numerical VAS in our study. The cut-off values for chronic musculoskeletal pain will be classified as the severity of pain according to VAS as follows: \<3.4 centimeters: mild pain, 3.5-7.4 centimeters: moderate pain, \> 7.5 centimeters: severe pain.

Short Form-36 (SF-36)

Time Frame: 5 minutes

SF-36 consists of thirty-six items. These provide measurements of eight dimensions. Subscales evaluate health between 0-100 points; '0' indicates poor health, '100' indicates good health.

Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

Time Frame: 5 minutes

The scale is a 17-item. A 4-point Likert scoring (1= strongly disagree, 4= totally agree) is used in the scale. The participant gets a total score between 17-68. The high score obtained by the participant indicates that the kinesiophobia is also high.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS)(5 minutes)
  • Telemedicine Patient Questionnaire(5 minutes)

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