Telerehabilitation Based Pain Neuroscience Education on Patients With Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain
Condition: Neck Pain
MeSH terms: Neck Pain
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      In this study, the effects of 6-week telerehabilitation-based Pain Neuroscience Education and
      exercise training in participants with Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain will be investigated.
    

Detailed description: 
      Neck pain is a general health problem that is very common in society and affects daily life
      activities by causing disability. Non-specific chronic neck pain is defined as "continuous
      neck pain that persists for 12 weeks or longer beyond the healing process without any known
      specific pathology. Chronic pain is considered to be a complex problem in which cognitive and
      emotional factors, as well as biological factors, significantly affect the perception of
      pain. In the last decade, a patient education model that educates people about the
      neurobiology and neurophysiology of pain has been recognized as an intriguing approach to the
      management of chronic pain. Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) is a patient education approach
      that explains in detail the neurobiology, neurophysiology of pain, and the processing of pain
      by the nervous system in the management of chronic pain. In the literature, there is evidence
      supporting the use of PNE in reducing pain and disability and overcoming the psychosocial
      factors of chronic pain.

      While the Covid-19 pandemic has made telerehabilitation applications widespread, it has also
      shown us its necessity, but until now, no study in which Pain Neuroscience Education was
      carried out with the telerehabilitation method has been found in the literature.

      This study aimed to perform Pain Neuroscience Education with the telerehabilitation method on
      patients with non-specific chronic neck pain and to examine the effects on pain-related
      factors, disability, and quality of life.

      It has been shown that the long-term results of the use of PNE in addition to physiotherapy
      are more effective in reducing pain and disability. It has been reported that progressive
      submaximal exercise program including cervicothoracic strengthening, endurance, flexibility,
      and coordination exercises has positive effects on chronic neck pain, related disability,
      quality of life and mood. In this study, in addition to telerehabilitation-based PNE,
      progressive submaximal exercise program will also be given to the participants through
      telerehabilitation.
    

Intervention name(s): Pain Neuroscience Education; Progressive submaximal exercise program
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) is a patient education approach that explains in detail the neurobiology, neurophysiology of pain, and the processing of pain by the nervous system in the management of chronic pain.; It has been shown that the long-term results of the use of PNE in addition to physiotherapy are more effective in reducing pain and disability. It has been reported that progressive submaximal exercise program including cervicothoracic strengthening, endurance, flexibility, and coordination exercises has positive effects on chronic neck pain, related disability, quality of life and mood.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Neck pain; Telerehabilitation; Pain neuroscience education