Neural Tensioner Exercise on Conditioned Pain Modulation

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-05-31

Study Completion Date

2016-11-30

Brief Summary

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Background: There is evidence linking conditioned pain modulation (CPM) deficiency with musculoskeletal pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia, migraine, tension-type headaches and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as with temporomandibular disorders, idiopathic facial pain and chronic fatigue syndrome. Evidence shows that in pre-surgical situations of chronic pain there is no activation of CPM.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to measure the CPM response and determine whether neural tensioner exercise in patients with chronic neck pain is effective in the improvement of neck pain intensity, neck disability and cervical range of motion.

Design: Double-blind, randomized placebo clinical trial. Methods: Patients with neck pain will be randomly allocated into two groups: the neural tensionner exercise group (NTE) or the sham technique (ST) group.

Individuals will be included in the study if they meet the following inclusion criteria: aged 18-65 years, neck pain perceived in the posterior region of the cervical spine, from the superior nuchal line to the first thoracic spinous process with more than 12 weeks of evolution and without radicular symptoms radiated to the head. Neck pain intensity with a visual analogue scale (VAS), neck disability index (NDI), CPM, and cervical rang of motion will be measured pre and port intervention.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neck Pain Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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neural tensionner exercise

This group will receive a specific tensionner nerve exercise to provide mechanical stress across the median nerve. This technique have two positions, start and end. It consists on going from one to the other position constantly, controlling the speed of the technique to be constant. In the start position, the subject will be supine lying on a couch with the following parameters: contralateral cervical side bending, shoulder depression, shoulder abduction and external rotation to 90°, elbow flexion to 90º, and forearm supination. In the final position, the therapist will perform full elbow extension while maintaining all the joints previously situated as described above until the patients feel tension, then return to the start position.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

manual therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

manual therapy with neural exercise will be applied on patients with neck pain

sham neural tensionner exercise

The control group will receive a sham technique (ST) with minimal mechanical stress across the median nerve. Patients will be placed in neutral cervical spine position with no shoulder depression, shoulder abduction and external rotation to 45°, 45° of elbow extension, and forearm pronation.. This technique will be passively repeated from elbow flexion to extension in the same way than the NTE group

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

manual therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

manual therapy with neural exercise will be applied on patients with neck pain

Interventions

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manual therapy

manual therapy with neural exercise will be applied on patients with neck pain

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 18-65 years.
* neck pain perceived in the posterior region of the cervical spine, from the superior nuchal line to the first thoracic spinous process with more than 12 weeks of evolution and without radicular symptoms radiated to the head, trunk, and/or the upper limbs.
* the ability to understand, write, and speak Spanish fluently

Exclusion Criteria

* development of systemic or degenerative diseases;
* symptoms of depression according to Beck's questionnaire.
* pain in any area between the lower back and the head in the last 9 months.
* neck pain associated with whiplash injuries.
* medical red flag history (i.e., tumour, fracture, metabolic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis). - neck pain with cervical radiculopathy.
* neck pain associated with externalized cervical disc herniation.
* fibromyalgia syndrome.
* previous neck surgery.
* neck pain accompanied by vertigo caused by vertebrobasilar insufficiency or accompanied by non-cervicogenic headaches due to a traumatic event in the past 12 months.
* and history of neck or face pain in the last 6 months.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No