Self-management Program in Chronic Neck Pain

NCT02904668 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DF0061UG
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Neck pain is a complex biopsychosocial disorder often precipitated or aggravated by neck movements or sustained neck postures. The onset and course of this pain is influenced by environmental and personal factors.Many studies report that participants preferred self-care measures for the management of neck pain and they sought professional help only when those measures fail.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Keywords

chronic pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Disability

  Disability will be explored using the Neck Disability Index. The patients rated their current pain and average pain over the past week on a 0-10 numerical rating scale

  Change from baseline pain at 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Pain severity

  Change from baseline pain at 3 weeks

• Health related quality of life

  Change from baseline health related quality of life at 4 weeks

• Fear avoidance beliefs

  Change from baseline fear avoidance beliefs at 4 weeks

• Anxiety and depression

  Change from baseline anxiety and depression at 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients allocated to the experimental group were included in a self-management program and manual therapy program

Other: self-managmeent program

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The intervention consisted of 45-minute manual therapy sessions. Manual therapy included "hands-on" muscular mobilization techniques (aimed at improving soft tissue function), specific articular mobilization techniques (to improve overall joint function and decrease any restrictions in movement at single or multiple segmental levels in the cervical spine), and coordination or stabilization techniques (to improve postural control, coordination, and movement patterns by using the stabilizing cervical musculature)

Other: self-managmeent program

Interventions

self-managmeent program OTHER

One session was a session supervised by a physical therapist in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The program contents were educative information about chronic neck pain and healthy lifestyle habits (application of local heat/cold, and sleeping face down, using correct sitting posture, alternating body position, and using correct lifting technique (…), which were complemented by a problem-based session.

Control group; Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Chronic neck pain (at least 6 months' duration) not related to trauma .

You may not qualify if:

• Whiplash related neck pain
• Previous cervical surgical intervention
• Cognitive impairments which prevent them to follow instructions
• Visual or acoustic limitations
• Physical therapy in the previous six months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Granada: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain; Chronic Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2016
• First Posted: September 19, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: October 10, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10