Effects of Specific Training for Deep Neck Muscle
Effects of Specific Training of Deep Cervical Muscles in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Recent studies indicate that the patients with chronic neck pain present decreased activation and weak of neck muscles, especially deep flexor and extensor muscles. Alterations of deep are associated with pain and impairment of neck function in chronic neck pain. Exercise is known to be an important component of treatment programs for patients with neck pain. Recently, many studies have focused on specific training on deep cervical muscles, especially deep cervical flexor and deep cervical extensor muscles.Numerous studies using cranio-cervical flexor exercise as a treatment have revealed reduction on pain, neck disability, changing in activation of deep cervical flexor muscles. Further, the cervical extensor muscles are believed to be equally important for the rehabilitation of patients with neck pain. However, the retention effect of semispinalis cervicis exercise is unknown. Therefore, the semispinalis cervicis exercise still need more evidence to support clinically effects. The current study will be conducted to fill the gap of the previous study in immediately, short, and long term effects of semispinalis cervicis exercise in chronic neck pain.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Nov 2015
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 11, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 14, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2017
CompletedFebruary 15, 2016
February 1, 2016
1.6 years
January 11, 2016
February 12, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Neck Disability Index
Up to 3-months after the last intervention session
Study Arms (3)
semispinalis cervicis resisted exercise
EXPERIMENTALsemispinalis cervicis resisted exercise 2 times/week, 6 weeks duration
cranio-cervical flexion exercise
EXPERIMENTALcranio-cervical flexion exercise 2 times/week, 6 weeks duration
usual care
ACTIVE COMPARATORUsual care 2 times/week, 6 weeks duration
Interventions
semispinalis cervicis resisted exercise, 2 time per week, 6 weeks duration
cranio-cervical flexion exercise, 2 time per week, 6 weeks duration
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Chronic mechanical neck pain
- Aged between 18 to 59 years
- The symptom more than three months in duration
- A baseline the Thai version of Neck Disability Index (NDI-TH) score of 10 percent or greater
You may not qualify if:
- a previous history of whiplash injury
- a previous history injury to the cervical and thoracic spine
- diagnosed with osteoporosis, malignancy or other spinal inflection
- a positive vertebro-basilar artery insufficient test
- diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy and/or myelopathy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance, Khon Kaen University
Muang, Changwat Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
Related Publications (3)
Falla D, O'Leary S, Farina D, Jull G. The change in deep cervical flexor activity after training is associated with the degree of pain reduction in patients with chronic neck pain. Clin J Pain. 2012 Sep;28(7):628-34. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31823e9378.
PMID: 22156825RESULTSchomacher J, Petzke F, Falla D. Localised resistance selectively activates the semispinalis cervicis muscle in patients with neck pain. Man Ther. 2012 Dec;17(6):544-8. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.012. Epub 2012 Jun 22.
PMID: 22728210RESULTSuvarnnato T, Puntumetakul R, Uthaikhup S, Boucaut R. Effect of specific deep cervical muscle exercises on functional disability, pain intensity, craniovertebral angle, and neck-muscle strength in chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. J Pain Res. 2019 Mar 7;12:915-925. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S190125. eCollection 2019.
PMID: 30881101DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Thavatchai Suvarnnato, M.Sc. PT
Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance, Khon Kaen University
Central Study Contacts
Thavatchai Suvarnnato, M.Sc. PT
CONTACT
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Member of Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 11, 2016
First Posted
January 14, 2016
Study Start
November 1, 2015
Primary Completion
June 1, 2017
Study Completion
December 1, 2017
Last Updated
February 15, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-02