Interferential Current and Therapeutic Exercise Program in Chronic Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Interferential Current and Therapeutic Exercise Program; Other: Therapeutic Exercise Program

• Registration Number: NCT03979287
• Lead Sponsor: University of Seville

Brief Summary

Objectives: To analyze the number of sessions needed to achieve a positive impact after combining interferential current therapy and therapeutic exercise, compared with therapeutic exercise alone, on self-reported pain, disability and range of motion in subjects with chronic neck pain.

Design: A randomized, single-blind, controlled trial. Subjects: Patients between 18 and 65 years old, with idiopathic chronic neck pain.

Methods: The experimental group who will perform a combined treatment using Interferential current therapy and therapeutic exercise for two weeks. The control group will receive the same program of therapeutic exercise during the same period of time.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-05
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-07
• Study Start: 2019-07-13
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-25
• Study Completion: 2019-11-15
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Nonspecific mechanical neck pain (chronic neck pain diagnosed by a physician)
• Age between 18 and 65 years old
• Both males and females
• Non apprehension to electrotherapy (determined by the Personal Psychological Apprehension scale- EAPP)
• Self-reported pain higher than 2 in the 11-point Numeric Pain Rating Scale

Exclusion Criteria

• Metallic implants in the vertebral column
• Apprehension to electrotherapy (a score >45 points in EAPP)
• Cervicogenic headache
• Cervicogenic Dizziness
• Neck pain associated with neurological deficits
• Unexplained fever
• Cervical surgery associated to persistent pain
• Specific diagnostics (cervical myelopathy, cervical stenosis, osteomyopathy)
• Other diagnostics such as visceral pain referred to the neck or non-cervical cause.
• Involvement in litigation
• Manual treatment for the neck-shoulder area in the last month before data collection

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IFC and Therapeutic Exercise Program	Interferential Current and Therapeutic Exercise Program	Patients will receive 10 sessions for two weeks. The duration of each session will be of approximately one hour. Participants will receive treatment with Interferential current therapy plus a program of therapeutic exercise focused on the neck region
Therapeutic Exercise Program	Therapeutic Exercise Program	Patients will receive 10 sessions for two weeks. The duration of each session will be of approximately one hour.This group will only receive the same therapeutic exercise program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability	From baseline to immediately after treatment	The Neck Disability Index (NDI) will be used in the Spanish version to measure level of disability of the neck area during the daily life activities.; where under 9 denotes No Disability; from 10 to 29 denotes Slight Disability; from 30 to 49 denotes Moderate Disability; from 50 to 69 denotes Severe Disability and more tan 70 denote Complete Disability.
Neck pain intensity	From baseline to immediately after treatment	Participants will rate the intensity of their neck pain at rest on an 11-point numeric pain rating scale, where 0 is no pain and 11 maximum pain. The subjects will be ask to indicate the pain levels that they experienced before treatment and after treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Range of movement (ROM)	From baseline to immediately after treatment	The secondary outcome measure will be the active cervical range of motion assessed with the CROM device (Performance Attainment Associates, Lindstrom, MN). The measurements will be made separately for each direction and in a standard sequence: flexion, extension, right lateral flexion, left lateral flexion, right rotation and left rotation. Two measurements will be recorded for each movement and the average of the two measurements will be used in the analysis of results

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Sevilla; 🇪🇸 Sevilla, Spain