Teleassessment in Neck Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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New technologies have improved the aproach of patients with different pathologies. Neck pain is a prevalent pathology in physical therapy clinics. Evaluating patients with an electronical device could decrease the services saturation and the proffesionals overload.

Official Title
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Teleassessment in Neck Pain Patients: an Observational Study

Conditions
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Neck Pain, Assessment, Self, Kinesiophobia

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Presence of neck pain Between 18 and 65 years Accepted to sign the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Cognitive impairment. Traumatic accidents. Other orthopedic or neurologic pathology.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Neck pain patients<br>Patients with neck pain evaluated with new technologies and face-to-face | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changes in range of movement | Changes in range of movement were measured with goniometry and expressed in degrees. | Baseline | 
| Changes in trigger points | Changes in trigger points were measured following the Travels and Simons protocol in the trapezius, suboccipitalis, scalenes and sternocleidomastoid muscles. The number od trigger points found was registered. | Baseline | 
| Changes in neck endurance (anterior) | Changes in neck endurance were measured using an endurance test for the anterior neck muscles. The time performing the test was registered. | Baseline | 
| Changes in neck endurance (posterior) | Changes in neck endurance were measured using an endurance test for the posterior neck muscles. The time performing the test was registered. | Baseline | 
| Changes in quality of life | Changes in quality of life were measured using the Euroqol 5dimensions which comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. It also includes a visual analogue scale to report the health status from 0 to 100. | Baseline | 
| Changes in quality of life (Visual Analogue Scale) | Changes in quality of life were measured using the Euroqol 5dimensions which comprises a visual analogue scale to report the health status from 0 to 100. | Baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changes in kinesiophobia | Changes in kinesiophobia were measured using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) which is one of the most frequently employed measures for assessing pain-related fear in pain patients. | Baseline | 
| Changes in functionality | Changes in functionality were measured using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, WHODAS-2, which provides a global measure of disability and 7 domain-specific scores. | Baseline |