Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tai Chi; Behavioral: Neck exercises

• Registration Number: NCT02222051
• Lead Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Brief Summary

In this study the efficacy of Tai Chi will be tested in comparison to conventional neck exercises and usual care in a randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi and neck exercises will be lead by a trained exercise therapist and Tai Chi instructor, both groups receive 12 weeks of training, once weekly for 60-90 min in a group setting. Pain, Disability, quality of life, wellbeing, stress perception, psychological distress will be used to determine effects.

Detailed Description

see above

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-08
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-08-20
• Study First Posted: 2014-08-21
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 114

Inclusion Criteria

• chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least)
• 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria

• specific neck pain due to
• inflammatory diseases
• rheumatic diseases
• neurological diseases
• prolapse or protrusion
• oncological disease
• trauma (whiplash)
• congenital deformity of the spine
• severe comorbidity (somatic, psychiatric)
• pregnancy
• participation in other clinical trials
• regular practice of tai chi, qigong, yoga in the past 6 months
• medication with opioids

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tai Chi	Tai Chi	Simplified 24 Yang Style 12 weeks, 1x/week, 60-90 minutes
Neck exercise	Neck exercises	conventional neck exercises 12 weeks, 1x/week, 60 min stretching and strengthening, neck education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain intensity	week 12	pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain intensity	week 24	pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm)
pain on movement	week 12, week 24	pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm) evoked by head movement into 6 directions POM validated by Lauche et al., 2014, Pain Medicine
neck disability	week 12, week 24	neck disability index (NDI), Vernon et al.
health related quality of life	week 12, week 24	short form quality of life questionnaire (SF-36), Bullinger and Kirchberger
Anxiety and Depression	week 12, week 24	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Wellbeing	week 12, week 24	Wellbeing on the FEW16 Questionnaire
Stress	week 12, week 24	Subjective stress perception, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
interoceptive awareness	week 12, week 24	The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)
Postural Awareness	week 12, week 24	Postural Awareness Questionnaire (PAS)
Safety	week 24	All adverse and serious adverse events
pain intensity ratings	week 12	daily rating of pain intensity, visual analog scales
use of analgetics	week 12	daily information on use of analgetics
use of concomitant therapies	week 12	daily information on use of concomitant therapies for neck pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte; 🇩🇪 Essen, NRW, Germany