Effect of craniocervical flexion training on neck stability in patients with neck pai
- Conditions
- Cervical dynamic postural instability.Spinal instabilities, cervical regionM53.2X2
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230620058545N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Age range 18-55 years old, able to read and write Persian language
Neck pain with or without referral pain to occiput, shoulder or upper limb for at least recent 3 months
Pain intensity of less than 60 millimeters, based on visual analog scale
Neck disability index range of 5.5 to 15.5
Regular exercise in recent 3 months
Physical therapy or manual therapy in recent 3 months or regular antiinflammatory drugs consumption in recent 48 hours
Cervical pathologies or obvious postural disorders
Cervical disc herniation with radicular pain, myelopathy, radiculopathy, canal stenosis and progressive spondylosis
History of surgery or trauma in head and neck
Neurological, visual and vestibular disorders
Tensional or cervicogenic headache
Trigger points as the only pain source
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pper and lower cervical postural angles. Timepoint: Before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Dynamic postural angles are measured by quick release system to apply perturbation, camera for recording slow motion videos and kinovea software in order to calculation of angles.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: It is measured by visual analogue scale.;Neck disability index. Timepoint: Before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: It is measured by neck disability index questionnaire.