Randomised, controlled, multicenter, pilot study comparing qigong and back school for elderly patients with chronic neck pai
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic neck painInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN77101807
- Lead Sponsor
- Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) (Germany)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age =55 years of age
2. Chronic neck pain (duration >6 months)
3. Average pain during the last 7 days before randomisation =20 mm on 100 mm VAS
4. Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Serious acute or chronic disease which would not allow the exercises to be performed
2. Planned start of physiotherapy for chronic neck pain during study participation
3. Participation in another study during the last 6 months before study entry
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain measured on the VAS (visual analogue scale) after three months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Neck pain (Neck Pain and Disability Scale, Wheeler)<br>2. Depression (Depression Scale, Hautzinger)<br>3. Quality of life (Short-form Questionnaire-36 [SF-36], Bullinger)<br>4. Frequency of falls and anxiety to fall<br>5. Sleep quality and satisfaction<br>6. Overall treatment effect (OTE) (Wiklund)