The Effect of Adding Auditory Information on Head Movements in People With Non-traumatic Neck Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study sets out to investigate the potential effect of auditory disturbances on human movement

Detailed Description
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Clinicians routinely investigate/test human movement but if/how this is effect by auditory disturbances is unclear. This study sets out to investigate the impact of auditory disturbances on head movements.

Official Title
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The Effect of Adding Auditory Information on Head Movements in People With Non-traumatic Neck Pain

Conditions
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Healthy, Neck Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Smartphone playing a sound


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Control group: Inclusion Criteria (Control): Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English Exclusion Criteria (Control): Pain from the neck or shoulder area during the past 6 months Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the week leading up to the test session Former surgery in neck or shoulder Current or previous chronic or recurrent pain condition that could affect the results Pregnancy Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could affect the results Regular use of analgesics Abnormally disrupted sleep in the last 24 hours preceding the experiment Lack of ability to cooperate Neck pain group: Inclusion Criteria (Neck Pain): Idiopathic neck pain Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English Reduced/painful active range of motion of the head and/or painful reaction to palpation of the neck at the time of inclusion Exclusion Criteria (Neck Pain): Experience of DOMS during the week leading up to the test session Former surgery in neck or shoulder Pregnancy Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal (other than neck pain) or mental illnesses that could affect the results Abnormally disrupted sleep in the 24 hours preceding the experiment Lack of ability to cooperate

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Sound 1<br>A sound will be played while moving the head | Device: Smartphone playing a sound<br>* A sound will be played from a portable device (smartphone) during movement<br>|
| Experimental: Sound 2<br>A sound (different from Sound 1) will be played while moving the head | Device: Smartphone playing a sound<br>* A sound will be played from a portable device (smartphone) during movement<br>|
| No Intervention: No Sound<br>No sound will be played while moving the head | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Range of motion | Range of motion will be assessed during head rotations (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position) | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Head repositioning accuracy | Head repositioning accuracy will be assessed as the error between the starting point and the end point following a head rotation (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position) and will be repressed in degrees. | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 
| Quality of head movement | Quality of movement (smoothness) will be determined using calculations of jerk variance (Jerk is the time derivative of acceleration which will be measures using an inertial measurement unit. The measure will be converted to a unitless measure where higher values indicates less smooth movements), assessed during head rotations (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position). | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 
| Perceived stiffness during movement | Participants will rate their perceived stiffness during head movement using a 0-100 numerical rating scale, where 0 = no stiffness and 100 = worst stiffness imaginable. | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 
| Perceived difficultness of performing movement | Participants will rate the Perceived difficultness of performing head movements using a 6-point Likert scale going from 0 = no problems, 1 = minimally difficult; 2 = somewhat difficult; 3 = fairly difficult; 4 = very difficult; 5 = unable to perform | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 
| Perceived neck pain intensity | Participants will rate ant potential pain during the session using a 0-11 numeric rating scale (NRS) with 0 = no pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Neck pain, Kinematics