Exercise and Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients With Neck Pain: Impact
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Enrollment
- 66
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain intensity: VAS
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will compare the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education and neck/shoulder traditional exercises versus pain neuroscience education and neck/shoulder suspension training exercises for patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP).
Detailed Description
The investigators anticipate that 66 patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain will be randomized to receive pain neuroscience education and shoulder/neck traditional exercises (n=33) or pain neuroscience education and shoulder/neck suspension exercises (n=33). Data on pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), pain disability, neck flexor and extensor muscles endurance, scapulae stabilizers endurance, pain catastrophizing (Pain catastrophizing Scale), trait and state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and knowledge of pain neurophysiology (Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire) will be collected. Measurements will be taken before, after the intervention and at 3 months follow up. Statistical analysis will be performed using a mixed-methods ANOVA.
Investigators
Anabela G Silva
Principal Investigator
Aveiro University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clinical diagnosis of chronic idiopathic neck pain.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Cervical radiculopathy
- •Neck fractures
- •Rheumatological disorders
- •Any other serious cause of neck pain
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain intensity: VAS
Time Frame: 6 months
Method of assessment - Visual analogue scale (VAS), which measures pain intensity from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 10 (maximum pain intensity).
Neck pain associated disability
Time Frame: 6 months
Method of assessment - the Neck Disability Index, which is a disability index with 5 questions on neck pain associated disability that ranges from 0 (no disability) to 50 (complete disability).
Secondary Outcomes
- Neck pain frequency(6 months)
- Neck pain location(6 months)
- Neck flexor muscles endurance test(6 months)
- Neck extensor muscles endurance test(6 months)
- Scapular stabilizers' endurance test(6 months)
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale(6 months)
- Neurophysiology of pain questionnaire(6 months)
- Patients' Global Impression of Change(6 months)
- TAMPA scale of kinesiophobia(6 months)
- Chronic Pain Coping Inventory(6 months)