Self-administered Program in Chronic Neck Pain

NCT03702075 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: DF0080UG
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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 are 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

Chronic Neck Pain

Keywords

chronic neck pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Trigger points examination

  Trigger points will be explored bilaterally by a blinded assessor in suboccipital, scalene, levator scapulae and upper trapezius muscles

  Change from baseline trigger points examination at 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Pain severity

  Change from baseline pain at 4 weeks

• Functionality

  Change from baseline functionality at 4 weeks

• Cervical range of motion

  Change from baseline cervical range of motion at 4 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

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients allocated to the experimental group were included in a self-administered program combining self-myofascial release using foam rollers and roller balls and active upper limb neurodynamic exercises. It consisted of three sessions of 50-60 minutes per week for 4 consecutive weeks.

Other: self-administered program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Those patients allocated to the control group received a booklet with information regarding neck pain and explaining basic exercises for active mobilization and stretching with pictures and a short text.

Interventions

self-administered program OTHER

One session was a session supervised by a physical therapist in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This session took place in groups of three or four people. All participants had to follow the physiotherapist instructions about the correct way to do the exercises with the foam roller or ball and nerve mobilizations of upper limbs.The other two weekly sessions were performed at home, following the instructions given by the physiotherapist in session.

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 3 months' duration) not related to trauma of at least 3 on a visual analogue scale
• Participants' symptoms had to be reproduced by median nerve upper-limb neurodynamic test.

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

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Granada.

Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

Location

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: Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2018
• First Posted: October 10, 2018
• Study Start: September 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2018
• Study Completion: February 1, 2019
• Last Updated: October 15, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

ES (1)