Effect of shoulder and neck exercises on improving neck disability of middle-aged and older adults with chronic neck pain.
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic neck painMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN51622393
- Lead Sponsor
- Wan Fang Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 45 years or older
2. Have experienced neck pain for more than 3 months
3. Neck pain exceeding 30 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Aged younger than 45 years
2. History of spine surgery
3. Major cardiovascular diseases
4. Rheumatoid arthritis
5. Pregnancy
6. Shoulder impingement syndrome
7. Spinal tumor
8 Participated in a neck exercise program in past 12 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain measured using a visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after the 6-week intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Neck disability measured using a neck disability index (NDI) before and after the 6-week intervention.<br> 2. Neck flexibility measured using cervical range of motion (CROM) instrument (CROM Deluxe, Performance Attainment Associates, Lindstrom, MN) before and after the 6-week intervention. The participants were seated on a chair with back support and were asked to perform the maximum angles of flexion, extension, and side bending and rotation until they felt pain. In each direction, the mean CROM derived from the 3 angles was obtained.<br>