Cervical Manual Therapy and Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients With Nonspecific Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT06435364

Last Updated: 2024-10-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-05-17
• Study Completion Date: 2024-08-21

Brief Summary

People with chronic neck pain are becoming more and more common in society every day.

Detailed Description

In chronic neck pain investigations, it is generally reported that all people experience neck pain once in my life and more than half of the developed societies experience this problem. It has been stated that 48% of these continue as chronic neck pain, which significantly affects the quality of life due to the postponement of treatment due to its cost.

Conditions

Pain Syndrome

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Vagus nerve

This non-invasive system is activated by the cutaneous distribution of vagus nerve afferents via the external ear.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Vagus nerve stimilation

Intervention Type: OTHER

This non-invasive system is activated by the cutaneous distribution of vagus nerve afferents through the external ear. Somatosensory innervation is provided by the auricular branch.

Manual therapy

Manual therapy is effective in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Manual therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Manual therapy is mostly defined by the tissue targeted by the practitioner; it can be joint biased, muscle and connective tissue biased and/or neurovascular system biased techniques.

Interventions

Vagus nerve stimilation

This non-invasive system is activated by the cutaneous distribution of vagus nerve afferents through the external ear. Somatosensory innervation is provided by the auricular branch.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Manual therapy

Manual therapy is mostly defined by the tissue targeted by the practitioner; it can be joint biased, muscle and connective tissue biased and/or neurovascular system biased techniques.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Presence of neck pain for at least three months
• Non-specific neck pain
• To have signed the voluntary consent form

Exclusion Criteria

• Having undergone surgery for the cervical region
• Rehabilitation of the neck area at least three months prior to treatment
• Traumatic medulla spinalis injury
• Neurological deficit
• Rheumatological disease
• Structural spinal disorders

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

hazal genc

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Bahçehir University

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

E-10840098-202.3.02-2983

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id