Effects of 6-week Telerehabilitation Exercise Programme on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

NCT06076174 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: REC-23-02-27-01-PG
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will be a pilot randomized controlled trial, comparing the effectiveness of two modes of delivery of the same 6-week exercise program for chronic non-specific neck pain. The first group will be monitored via the software that records each session so the therapist can review, and the second will have written instructions on paper to follow through by them themselves. Pre-test and post-test measurements (pain score, disability index, cervical ROM, cervical muscle endurance) will be taken, before and after completion of the exercise programme.

Conditions

Non-specific Neck Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Adherence

  Frequency per week (Number of sessions completed each week) will be noted through exercise diary fro conventional group, and recordings on cloud for tele rehab group.

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

• Adherence

  Duration of each session will be noted through exercise diary fro conventional group, and recordings on cloud for tele rehab group.

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Visual Analogue Scale for Pain

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

• Neck Disability Index questionnaire

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

• CROM instrument

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

• Cranio-cervical Flexion Test

  pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Tele-rehab

EXPERIMENTAL

6-week home-based exercise programme, will be monitored via the software that records each session so the therapist can review

Other: 6-week home-based exercise programme

Conventional

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

6-week home-based exercise programme, will have written instructions on paper to follow through by participant themselves

Other: 6-week home-based exercise programme

Interventions

6-week home-based exercise programme OTHER

All participants will have an in-person session with the physiotherapist for exercise demonstration before beginning the programme. They will carry out the exercises independently at home over a period of six weeks, thrice a week, giving a total of 18 sessions, each lasting 30 minutes.

Conventional; Tele-rehab

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• residents of UAE, both males and females
• aged between 18 45
• have normal BMI
• referred to physiotherapy for chronic non-specific neck pain
• minimum pain score of 3cm on the VAS
• pain onset at least 3 weeks ago
• have given informed consent for voluntary participation.

You may not qualify if:

• diagnosed by a physician with any pathological condition as cause of chronic neck pain
• presently undergoing any physical treatment or taking any medication for said pain
• has comorbidities, such as diabetes and hypertension
• has conditions like migraine and cervicogenic headache
• has vertigo and/or vertebrobasilar insufficiency,
• physically disabled or has recent immobilizing injury
• orthopaedic conditions, such as spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, wryneck
• history of neurological conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Sharjah: lead

Study Sites (1)

Univeristy of Sharjah

Sharjah city, United Arab Emirates

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ahmed ZZ, Khan MN, Bairapareddy KC. Randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of 6-week telerehabilitation exercise programme on chronic non-specific neck pain: a study protocol. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2024 Feb 26;10(1):e001874. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001874. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 38420117 DERIVED

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: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2023
• First Posted: October 10, 2023
• Study Start: September 11, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 14, 2024
• Study Completion: April 4, 2024
• Last Updated: April 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AE (1)