Effectiveness of Proprioceptive Exercise in Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT03218644

Last Updated: 2020-07-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 47 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-07-14
• Study Completion Date: 2017-08-15

Brief Summary

Introduction: Neck pain is among the most common and costly for industrialized societies. It is difficult to know the exact structure causing the pain so most are considered as non-specific neck pain. There is a correlation between the alteration of craneocervical proprioception and neck pain. The evidence for treatment with proprioceptive exercises is very limited.

Objective: To know the efficacy of a proprioceptive exercise program for neck pain and to compare its effects with a cervical mobility program.

Materials and Methods: Subjects between 18-65 years old with non-traumatic neck pain are included. They will be randomized into two groups of exercises: proprioception or mobility, which will be developed over a period of two weeks, every day, with a total of 10 sessions per patient.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Control group

Follow the usual treatment and perform the exercises of cervical mobility before a mirror.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mobility exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Usual treatment and exercises of cervical mobility before a mirror.

Experimental group

The same procedure is followed by substituting proprioceptive exercises for craniocervical sensorimotor control with a laser instrument located on the patient's head and a target.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Proprioception exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

proprioceptive exercises for craniocervical sensorimotor control.

Interventions

Mobility exercises

Usual treatment and exercises of cervical mobility before a mirror.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Proprioception exercises

proprioceptive exercises for craniocervical sensorimotor control.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Neck pain (NAD I-II) of recent onset (0-3 months)

Exclusion Criteria

• Cognitive difficulties
• Lack of commitment to attend sessions
• Subjects with pacemakers or defibrillators
• Being receiving another physiotherapeutic treatment
• Other pathologies

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Valencia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

GEMMA V ESPÍ LÓPEZ, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gemma Victoria Espí-López

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

fisiotherapy

Locations

Gemma Victoria Espí-López

Valencia, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

ID0017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id