Efficacy of New Ergonomic Device in Non-Specific Neck Pain.

NCT ID: NCT06767098

Last Updated: 2025-03-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-11-25
• Study Completion Date: 2025-02-26

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if smartphone holder works to treat neck pain in adults. It will also learn about the usability of smartphone holders. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the smartphone holder decrease pain level and improve function in case of neck pain?
• How likely will the participants recommend the holder for their friends?

Researchers will compare adding the holder to the commonly used exercises for neck pain to a group which will receive the common exercise only. To see if the holder can modify neck pain.

Participants will:

• Do the exercise with or without using the holder
• Visit the clinic 3 times per week for a month for receiving exercise
• Keep a diary of their usage for the holder

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

traditional therapeutic exercise for neck pain and smartphone holder

Strech exercise for tight muscles as trapezius and levator scapulae. strengthening exercises for deep neck flexor and neck extensors. instructions to use a smartphone holder.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

theraputic exercises for neck muscles and smartphone holder

Intervention Type: OTHER

strech and strength exercises for neck muscles. and using smartphone holder daily.

traditional therapeutic exercise for neck pain

Strech exercise for tight muscles as trapezius and levator scapulae. strengthening exercises for deep neck flexor and neck extensors.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

theraputic exercises for neck muscles

Intervention Type: OTHER

strech and strength exercises for neck muscles.

Interventions

theraputic exercises for neck muscles and smartphone holder

strech and strength exercises for neck muscles. and using smartphone holder daily.

Intervention Type: OTHER

theraputic exercises for neck muscles

strech and strength exercises for neck muscles.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• • Subject's age ranges from 18-45

• Having neck discomfort symptoms that were triggered by certain neck positions and by palpating the cervical musculature for at least three months
• Smartphones addiction >6hours per day

Exclusion Criteria

• • Pregnancy.

• Neck pain associated with whiplash injuries or trauma
• medical red flag history (such as tumour, fracture, metabolic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis)
• Neck pain with cervical radiculopathy or neck pain associated with externalized cervical disc herniation.
• If the patient had previous surgery in the neck area (irrespective of the reason for the operation)

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

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

omnia mohamed

Demonstrator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Outpatient's clinics of the faculty of physical therapy, Benha university

Banhā, , Egypt

Faculty of Physical Therapy, Benha University

Banhā, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005574

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id