Influence of Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Neural Tissue Mechanosensitivity in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT07339683

Last Updated: 2026-01-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2026-01-15
• Study Completion Date: 2026-06-25

Brief Summary

this study will be conducted to investigate the effect of cervical stabilization exercises on cervical pain intensity, upper limbs mechanosensitivity, cervicovertebral angle, and cervical proprioception in individuals with chronic nonspecific neck pain

Detailed Description

Neck pain is the sensation of discomfort in the neck area. Neck pain can result from disorders of any of the structures in the neck, including the cervical vertebrae and intervertebral discs, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, esophagus, larynx, trachea, lymphatic organs, thyroid gland, or parathyroid glands.Forward head posture (FHP) is one of the commonly recognized types of poor head posture in the sagittal plane in patients with neck pain. FHP has been defined as 'any alignment in which the external auditory meatus is positioned anterior to the plumb line through the shoulder joint, with a general prevalence of about 64% in both males and females.Several studies reported the effect of cervical stabilization exercises on pain, ROM and cranio-cervical angle in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain. No studies have been concerned with measuring mechanosensitivity as an indicator technique of the effect of different modalities on chronic non-specific neck pain. With the proposal of the cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization program for patients with chronic non-specific neck pain secondary to forward head posture deviations.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises.

forty patients will receive cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises plus traditional therapy three times a week for six weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

the patients will receive cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises in the form of activation of deep cervical flexors in the first two weeks, followed by scapulothoracic muscles activation for the third and fourth weeks and finally group of exercises that emphasis on increasing difficulty and progress to quadruped and standing.

traditional therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

the patients will receive traditional therapy in the form of ultrasound, hot pack, cervical extensors stretching and deep flexor strengthening

traditional therapy

forty patients will receive traditional therapy three times a week for six weeks

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

traditional therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

the patients will receive traditional therapy in the form of ultrasound, hot pack, cervical extensors stretching and deep flexor strengthening

Interventions

cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises.

the patients will receive cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises in the form of activation of deep cervical flexors in the first two weeks, followed by scapulothoracic muscles activation for the third and fourth weeks and finally group of exercises that emphasis on increasing difficulty and progress to quadruped and standing.

Intervention Type: OTHER

traditional therapy

the patients will receive traditional therapy in the form of ultrasound, hot pack, cervical extensors stretching and deep flexor strengthening

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• participants with age range from 18 to 36 years and BMI from 25 to 30kg/m2 will be recruited
• Participants having neck pain symptoms provoked by neck postures, neck movement, or palpation of the cervical musculature, for 3 months
• Patients with a craniovertebral angle of less than 50º

Exclusion Criteria

• History of previous injury of the neck.
• History of surgical intervention at the neck.
• History of inflammatory joint disease affecting facet joints
• participants with congenital disorders of the cervical spine.
• participants who received pain medication or physical therapy for their neck pain during the last 3 months.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 36 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

nada ashraf mohamed zuhairy

principle investigator : nada ashraf mohamed zuhairy

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

nada zuhairy, phd

Role: CONTACT

nadazuhairy11@gmail.com

01014930018

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005984

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id