The Effects of Local Vibration and Cervical Stabilization Exercises Applied on Neck Muscles on Balance in Healthy Individuals

NCT ID: NCT03464214

Last Updated: 2018-12-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

16 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-12

Study Completion Date

2017-01-02

Brief Summary

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In healthy individuals, many postural musculoskeletal problems arise due to various reasons. The cervical region is the region where these problems are most common. The cervical region ranks second in the general population after the lumbal area of musculoskeletal system disorders and affects close to 70% of the general population.The most important causes of this posture disorder are; muscular performance and strength are inadequate, as well as decreased proprioception of the muscles, deterioration of the individual balance systems that result in individual visual or vestibular problems.

Exercise therapy is at the forefront of these methods, while a variety of methods are applied in the prevention and treatment of neck problems. Recent studies have focused on multifaceted treatments including exercises to improve strength, endurance and coordination of cervical muscles, proprioceptive training, relaxation exercises to prevent muscle tension, stabilization exercises and behavior modification. Cervical stabilization exercises are a frequently used exercise approach. Cervical stabilization exercises, which are different from ordinary exercises, are based on biomechanics, neurophysiology and physiotherapy research. The main objective of this method is; improve body awareness, maintain posture uniformity, improve strength, endurance, coordination and proprioception. Stabilization exercises also increase the strength and endurance of the postural and stabilizer muscles, improving stability control in the stabilized and non-stabilized positions.

Another method that contributes to the development of balance and proprioceptive sense is vibration application. Proprioception plays an important role in ensuring the coordination of movements. When the proprioception input is disturbed, both the position sense and the speed of movement may be affected. Muscle-tendon vibration is a noninvasive method that is often used in proprioception studies. It has been suggested that the vibration application are the enhancing effect of the proprioceptive. However, there is not enough research on this subject.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the cervical stabilization exercises to be applied to the cervical region and the local vibration applied to the neck muscles are related to muscle performance, proprioception and balance and their superiority with each other.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cervical Pain Somatosensory Disorders Vestibular Diseases

Keywords

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Vibration Cervical stabilization exercises Physiotherapy and rehabilitation Sensory organization test Balance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Vibration Group

Local vibration on neck muscles

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Neck Muscle Vibration

Intervention Type DEVICE

Local vibration device applied on neck muscles for 8 weeks

Stabilization Group

Cervical stabilization exercises on cervical region

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cervical Stabilization Exercises

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cervical stabilization exercises performed by healty individuals for 8 weeks

Control Group

Individuals performed only daily living activities

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Neck Muscle Vibration

Local vibration device applied on neck muscles for 8 weeks

Intervention Type DEVICE

Cervical Stabilization Exercises

Cervical stabilization exercises performed by healty individuals for 8 weeks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals who have not had neck pain in the last six months.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with atypical spinal cord anomalies, inflammatory or rheumatologic disorders, malignancy history, radiculopathy, myelopathy or other neurological disorders, vestibular disorders, and vertebral trauma history who underwent any surgical treatment for vertebral colonic at least 3 months before, was not included in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ceyhun Turkmen

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Other Identifiers

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GO 15/716-04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id