Qigong and Exercise for Neck Pain in Adults (QENA)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: exercise therapy; Procedure: Qigong

• Registration Number: NCT00615732
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of qigong for the treatment of chronic neck pain compared to exercise therapy and waiting list group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-02-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2008-02-14
• Study Start: 2008-03
• Primary Completion: 2009-01
• Study Completion: 2009-10
• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-09
• Last Update Posted: 2012-07-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 123

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of chronic neck pain since at least 6 months and complaints for a maximum duration of 5 years
• neck pain more prominent than other pain in the spine
• average pain intensity of the last 7 days more or equal to 40 mm measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
• normal mobility of the cervical spine
• intellectual and physical ability to participate in the study
• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• cervical pain related to malignancy
• cervical pain due to an accident
• inflammatory joint disorders
• previous spine surgery
• protrusion/prolapse of a spinal disk, spondylolisthesis, with radicular symptomatology
• actually doing or planning to do other regular physical exercise during the study with possible positive effects on neck pain - such as swimming, yoga, pilates, tai chi, etc.
• use of pain drugs for other diseases (> 1x/week)
• pregnancy
• severe chronic or acute disease interfering with therapy attendance
• alcohol or substance abuse
• participation in another clinical trial in the last 6 months before study entry

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	exercise therapy	exercise therapy
1	Qigong	qigong

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
average pain intensity during the last 7 days measured on a visual analogue scale (VAS)	baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD, Wheeler 1999)	baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months
health related quality of life (SF-36)	baseline, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
patient expectation and self efficacy (questionnaire)	Baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months
therapist's expectation	baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months
undesired effects	3, 6, 12, and 24 months
semi-structured interviews to detect changes due to therapy and to assess the used questionnaires	3 and 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany