Effectiveness of a Propioceptive Exercise Program in Subjects With Inespecific Neck Pain
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 47
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Intensity of Pain
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Introduction: Neck pain is among the most common and costly for industrialized societies. It is difficult to know the exact structure causing the pain so most are considered as non-specific neck pain. There is a correlation between the alteration of craneocervical proprioception and neck pain. The evidence for treatment with proprioceptive exercises is very limited.
Objective: To know the efficacy of a proprioceptive exercise program for neck pain and to compare its effects with a cervical mobility program.
Materials and Methods: Subjects between 18-65 years old with non-traumatic neck pain are included. They will be randomized into two groups of exercises: proprioception or mobility, which will be developed over a period of two weeks, every day, with a total of 10 sessions per patient.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Neck pain (NAD I-II) of recent onset (0-3 months)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Cognitive difficulties
- •Lack of commitment to attend sessions
- •Subjects with pacemakers or defibrillators
- •Being receiving another physiotherapeutic treatment
- •Other pathologies
Arms & Interventions
Control group
Follow the usual treatment and perform the exercises of cervical mobility before a mirror.
Intervention: Mobility exercises (Other)
Experimental group
The same procedure is followed by substituting proprioceptive exercises for craniocervical sensorimotor control with a laser instrument located on the patient's head and a target.
Intervention: Proprioception exercises (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Intensity of Pain
Time Frame: four weeks
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to register the pain. The VAS is a 10-point rating scale.
Secondary Outcomes
- Pain points(four weeks)
- Head Repositioning Test(four weeks)
- Cervical movement range (CROM)(four weeks)
- Neck Disability(four weeks)
- Health status(four weeks)
Investigators
GEMMA V ESPÍ LÓPEZ, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of Valencia