Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

114 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-31

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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In this study the efficacy of Tai Chi will be tested in comparison to conventional neck exercises and usual care in a randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi and neck exercises will be lead by a trained exercise therapist and Tai Chi instructor, both groups receive 12 weeks of training, once weekly for 60-90 min in a group setting. Pain, Disability, quality of life, wellbeing, stress perception, psychological distress will be used to determine effects.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neck Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Tai Chi

Simplified 24 Yang Style 12 weeks, 1x/week, 60-90 minutes

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tai Chi

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

traditional chinese martial art meditative movement technique

Neck exercise

conventional neck exercises 12 weeks, 1x/week, 60 min stretching and strengthening, neck education

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Neck exercises

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

group exercises for strengthening and stretching neck and back muslces to alleviate neck pain

Usual care

Usual care, no specific study intervention this group is offered Tai Chi or neck exercises at the end of the study

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Tai Chi

traditional chinese martial art meditative movement technique

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Neck exercises

group exercises for strengthening and stretching neck and back muslces to alleviate neck pain

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Taiji T'ai Chi neck training

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least)
* 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria

* specific neck pain due to
* inflammatory diseases
* rheumatic diseases
* neurological diseases
* prolapse or protrusion
* oncological disease
* trauma (whiplash)
* congenital deformity of the spine
* severe comorbidity (somatic, psychiatric)
* pregnancy
* participation in other clinical trials
* regular practice of tai chi, qigong, yoga in the past 6 months
* medication with opioids

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No