Effects of balance stimulation and cervical training on balance performance in chronic neck pai
- Conditions
- Chronic neck pain.Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016060121459N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Research of Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
inclusion criteria for patient group: complaint of neck pain for 3 months or more without referral to upper limb; age between 20 - 50;; no history of head and neck trauma; with a neck disability index score greater than 10%, VAS more than 3 ; neck pain at least twice during the last twelve months; not participation in exercise training during past 3 months. healthy subjects have not any musculoskeletal disorders. Exclusion criteria : Neurological disorders; cervical spine root compression; radiculopathy; preexisting vestibular pathology; connective tissue disease; cervical fracture and dislocation; Ankylosing spondylitis; mylopathy; cervical spine surgery; history of head and neck trauma, systemic disease; pregnancy; peripheral neuropathy; diabetes; inner ear disease; Rheumatic and inflammatory disease;fibromyalgia; respiratory / metabolic and cardiovascular disorders.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean excursion of COP. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Maximum excursion of COP. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Mean speed of COP. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Rambling. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Trembling. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.;Frequency band of COP. Timepoint: Before ,immediate after and 6weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Force plate.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before, immediate after and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: VAS.;Pressure pain threshold. Timepoint: Before, immediate after and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Algometer.;Joint position sense. Timepoint: Before, immediate after and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Laser pointer and distance to reference point during cervical rotation and extension.;Neck disability level. Timepoint: Before and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Neck disability Index.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Before and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Short form12 questionnaire.