Effects of Core Stability Versus Swiss Ball Exercise in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

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Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy; Other: Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol

• Registration Number: NCT05393973
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

The study will be a randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of core stability versus swiss ball exercises on pain, range of motion and function in patients with chronic neck pain. A sample of 42 patients having neck pain since last 3 months will be taken from physical therapy department of "Bahawalpur medical \& dental hospital" and will be divided into two groups each with 21 patients. Patient of any gender(male or female) with no history of neck surgery or any systemic disease will be considered. Group A will receive core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy while group B will receive swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol. The conventional physical therapy protocol will include a hot pack, and cervical stretches. The session will be around 30-45 minutes for each patient with three sessions per week on alternate days. A total of four-week treatment regime will be given to the patients and an assessment of patient's pain, range of motion, and function with NPRS (numeric pain rating scale), goniometry, and NDI (neck disability index) will be done at the baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment, data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 21, after the completion of treatment at four weeks.

Detailed Description

Chronic neck pain is one of the pains with the highest prevalence these days due to the imprecise daily life routine of people including students \& office workers etc. It is generally declared that pain and stiffness in neck occur due to faulty posture for prolonged periods of time against the gravity. Deep layered muscles e.g longus capitus, longus Colli, rectus capitus anterior \& rectus capitus lateralis provides the stability to neck if they are targeted it is believed that the observed problem can be cured. This study is aimed to compare two methods for stability of neck i.e. core stability exercises \& swiss ball exercises.

Until now many treatment options have been used for chronic neck pain e.g stretching, isometrics, fascia release, mobilization techniques etc, and in recent literature, it is seen that stability of neck muscles are emerging to alleviate chronic neck pain. This study is aiming to compare the effects of core stability exercises and swiss ball exercises.So, the latest , effective and economical options for treatment can be used by the physical therapists and can be guided to the patients in order to gain long-lasting effects.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-26
• Study Start: 2022-05-30
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-30
• Study Completion: 2023-01-30
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• • Both genders (male & female)

  • Age group 20-40 years
  • History of neck pain for more than 3 months

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Exclusion Criteria

• History of any neck surgery
• Neoplasms
• Any systemic disease
• Bony disorders

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy	Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy	Core stability exercises
Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol	Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol	Swiss ball exercises

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Goniometric measurement of neck ROM	4th Week	A goniometer is an instrument which measures the available range of motion at a joint.
NPRS	4th week	Changes from base Line Numeric Pain rating scale is a scale for pain starting from 0-10. where 0 indicate no pain and 10 indicate severe pain.
NDI	4th week	The NDI has become a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain. Each of the 10 items scores from 0 to 5. The maximum score is 50

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bhawalpur Medical & Dental College, Bhawalpur; 🇵🇰 Bahāwalpur, Punjab, Pakistan