Pain Neurophysiology Education and Exercise for Adolescents With Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain
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Brief Summary
This study compared the effectiveness of pain neurophysiology education and neck/shoulder exercises with no intervention in adolescents with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2015
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 23, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 11, 2016
CompletedJuly 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
3 months
June 23, 2016
July 6, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Pain intensity
Method of assessment - Visual analogue scale
At the beginning
Pain intensity
Method of assessment - Visual analogue scale
5 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (19)
Neck pain frequency
At the beginning
Neck pain frequency
5 weeks
Neck pain duration
At the beginning
Neck pain duration
5 weeks
Neck pain associated disability
At the beginning
- +14 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Education and exercise
EXPERIMENTALThe intervention included neurophysiology of pain education and exercises.
No intervention
NO INTERVENTIONThis group received no intervention as participants were students that were not seeking treatment for their pain.
Interventions
Pain neurophysiology education covered the neurophysiology of pain, transition from acute to chronic pain and the nervous system ability to modulate the pain experience. It was delivered in small groups (4 to 7 participants). A total of 4 sessions were delivered over 4 weeks (1 session per week). Each session took between 45 minutes and 1 hour. Exercises were aimed at increasing the endurance and strength of the deep neck flexor and extensor muscles and of the scapular muscles delivered over 3 sessions (the first session covered pain neurophysiology education only). Each exercise was performed in 3 series of 10 repetitions. The number of exercises targeting the same group of muscles increased from one in the 2nd session to 2/3 in the 4th session.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- To be invited to enter the study participants had to have chronic idiopathic neck/shoulder pain, defined as pain felt in the neck/shoulder regions at least once a week in the previous 3 months.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Dr
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 23, 2016
First Posted
July 11, 2016
Study Start
March 1, 2015
Primary Completion
June 1, 2015
Study Completion
June 1, 2015
Last Updated
July 11, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share