Remotely Spinal Stabilization Exercises in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain
Condition: Neck Pain
MeSH terms: Neck Pain
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Neck pain is a problem that recurs at certain stages of life and can affect approximately
      half of the population. A problem in the cervical region can cause problems such as pain and
      limitation in the surrounding joints. Doing a job with functional activity or fulfilling
      professional requirements can aggravate neck pain. As a result, anatomical, physiological and
      psychological systems emerge as factors affecting pain. Determining the disability of the
      individual and the effectiveness of rehabilitation can be demonstrated with functional
      capacity assessment. It is stated that in individuals with chronic neck pain, architectural
      features such as functional cross-sectional area of deep neck muscles and reduction of muscle
      thickness change. Muscle preservation may increase as pain increases, and more protection
      too; Limitations can further increase conditions such as pain. In addition to the problem
      being only in the neck region, the whole spine posture may change, and the lumbar region
      muscles may also weaken by considering the spine as a whole. It is stated that the muscular
      architectural properties of the cervical and lumbar region, which play an important role in
      the posture of the spine in individuals with chronic neck pain, can be improved with
      exercise. During the 2020 years' pandemic process, the time spent at home, the use of mobile
      devices, the duration of working at home on a desk increased, and increases in spine pain
      reported to professionals were observed. The fact that family members are at home has
      increased the workload of the home and the frequency of performing functional activities has
      increased. It is reported that the distance between physiotherapists and patients should be
      at least 2 meters in clinics due to the risk of contamination. As a result, the pandemic
      process has brought the remote exercise management, tele-rehabilitation process to the fore
      for physiotherapists and the society. With spinal stabilization exercises, the functional
      level and muscle architecture of individuals with chronic neck pain can be associated with
      architectural changes in the spinal muscles. As a result of the 2020 years' pandemic, it is
      not known whether remote exercise and face-to-face exercises will have different effects on
      clinical variables, functional activities, muscle architecture, together with difficulties in
      accessing clinics. The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of remote spinal
      stabilization exercises on functional level and muscle architecture on individuals with
      chronic neck pain.
    


Intervention name(s): Exercise
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Spinal stabilization exercises
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: neck pain; spinal stabilization exercises; tele-rehabilitation; muscle architecture; functional level