Combined Effects of Virtual Reality and Motor Imagery in Patients With Non-specific Neck Pain

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-12-10

Study Completion Date

2024-07-10

Brief Summary

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Non-specific neck pain is the most common musculoskeletal symptom which can cause limited cervical mobility, impaired functional status and stress at work. Virtual reality and motor imagery are unique technologies which have beneficial effects on the treatment of non-specific neck pain. Virtual reality is a simulated 3D environment that enables users to explore and interact with a virtual surrounding while motor imagery (MI) is a dynamic mental process of an action, without its actual motor execution. This study aims to investigate the combined effects of Virtual Reality (VR) and Motor Imagery Techniques (MI) with Routine Physical Therapy (RPT) in patients with Non-specific neck pain. This randomized clinical trial will be carried at Railway General Hospital, Rawalpindi on 93 participants meeting the inclusion criteria included in the study through probability convenience sampling technique. 3 groups of participants assigned ramdomly will receive interventions for three days a week for 6 weeks. Group A will receive virtual reality (VR) and motor imagery (MI) along with routine physical therapy for . Group B participants will receive VR along with routine physical therapy while Group C will receive MI along with routine physical therapy. Total treatment time will be 40 minutes. Outcome measure tools will be Numeric pain rating scale to measure pain, the Tampa scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) for the measurement of kinesiophobia and Neck disability index for disability and functional status.

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Detailed Description

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Non-specific neck pain is the most common musculoskeletal symptom which can cause limited cervical mobility, impaired functional status and stress at work. Despite of the duration, neck pain can impair functional capacity, quality of life and can cause worry, anxiety and depression. Virtual reality and motor imagery are unique technologies which have beneficial effects on the treatment of non-specific neck pain. Virtual reality is a simulated 3D environment that enables users to explore and interact with a virtual surrounding while motor imagery (MI) is a dynamic mental process of an action, without its actual motor execution. This study aims to investigate the combined effects of Virtual Reality(VR) and Motor Imagery Techniques (MI) with Routine Physical Therapy (RPT) in patients with Non-specific neck pain.

This randomized clinical trial will be carried at Railway General Hospital ,Rawalpinidi .93 participants meeting the inclusion criteria will be included in this study through a non-probability convenience sampling technique.

Participants will be randomly assigned into 3 groups using computer generated method. All the groups receive interventions for three days a week for 6 weeks. Group A will receive virtual reality (VR) and motor imagery (MI) along with routine physical therapy for . Group B participants will receive VR along with routine physical therapy while Group C will receive MI along with routine physical therapy. Total treatment time will be 40 minutes.

Outcome measure tools will be Numeric pain rating scale to measure pain, the Tampa scale of kinesiophobia (TSK) for the measurement of kinesiophobia and Neck disability index for disability and functional status. The data will be collected at baseline before the treatment of the patient, Follow-up on the 3rd week and post treatment measure on the 6th week to measure the outcome measures. Data will be analysed by SPSS version 26. Statistical significance will be set at p=0.05. The normality of data will be checked by using Kolmogorov- Smirnov test. For the between group analysis of parametric data, one way ANOVA will be used, while Kruskal-Wallis test will be applied for non-parametric data. For within group comparison repeated measure ANOVA will be applied for parametric data, for non-parametric data Friedman ANOVA will be applied.

Conditions

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Cervical Pain Kinesiophobia Pain

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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Virtual Reality+Motor Imagery+Routine physical therapy

Participants in Group A will receive Virtual Reality (VR) and Motor Imagery (MI) training with Routine physical therapy for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Virtual reality) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Motor Imagery

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Motor Imagery) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Routine Physical therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Routine physical therapy) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Virtual Reality+Routine physical therapy

Participants in Group A will receive Virtual Reality (VR) training with Routine physical therapy for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Virtual reality) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Routine Physical therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Routine physical therapy) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Motor Imagery+ Routine physical therapy

Participants in Group A will receive Motor Imagery(MR) training with Routine physical therapy for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Motor Imagery

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Motor Imagery) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Routine Physical therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will recieve treatment(Routine physical therapy) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Interventions

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Virtual Reality

Participants will recieve treatment(Virtual reality) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Intervention Type OTHER

Motor Imagery

Participants will recieve treatment(Motor Imagery) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Intervention Type OTHER

Routine Physical therapy

Participants will recieve treatment(Routine physical therapy) for every alternate day (3 days per week) for 6 weeks. Total number of sessions will be 18.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age of the patients should be 18-50 years
* Both females and males are included
* Patient should have a consistent pain for 3 months or more.
* Patient having non-specific neck pain.

Exclusion Criteria

* Specific neck pain caused by metastasis, neoplasia, infectious or inflammatory disorders, bone fractures or traumatic precedents with neck injuries (2)
* Positive neurological signs or evidence of spinal compression (abnormal diffuse sensitivity, hyperreflexia, or diffuse weakness)
* Cervical osteoarthritis
* Spondylarthritis
* Neck pain associated with vertigo (vestibular involvement)
* Neck pain associated with whiplash injuries
* Previous cervical surgeries (2)
* Headaches before the onset of neck pain and without cervical origin
* Inability to provide informed consent

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No