Clinical trial NCT03194490: Benefit of Adding Stretching to Standard Intervention For Patients With Nonspecific Mechanical Neck Pain
Official title: Benefit of Adding Stretching to Standard Intervention For Patients With Nonspecific Mechanical Neck Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Lead sponsor: Loma Linda University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-06-21
Enrollment: 43
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to assess the benefit of adding stretching exercises to cervical mobilization and cervical range of motion exercises on cervical range of motion, pain, pain threshold, level of disability and patient satisfaction for patient with non-specific mechanical neck pain

Detailed description: All recruited participants will sign a statement of informed consent. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups (combined intervention group and standard intervention group). The following questionnaires were completed in the following order: Neck Disability Index (NDI), Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), and Global Rating of Change Scale (GROC). Next, Cervical Range of Motion (ROM) and Pain threshold were measured for both groups. The combined intervention group received the cervical passive mobilization, stretching, and home program (Stretching and ROM exercise). The standard intervention group received cervical mobilization and home program (ROM exercises).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The participant will be eligible to participate in the study if he or she is between 18 and 60 years of age, had non-specific neck pain for at least 2 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants will be excluded from the study if they had one or more of the following conditions: had previous surgery in cervical spine area, chronic disease such as diabetes, vertigo, dizziness, fracture of the cervical vertebra or scapula, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis as approximately 60% of people who aged between 50-60 years will have osteoarthritis.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cervical Range of Motion
timeFrame: Participants ROM measurement at baselines
measure: Cervical Range of Motion
timeFrame: Participants ROM measurement at week 2
measure: Cervical Range of Motion
timeFrame: Participants measurement at week four
measure: Cervical Range of Motion
timeFrame: Participants ROM measurement at week 8
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Numeric Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: NPRS score at baseline
measure: Numeric Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: NPRS score at week two
measure: Numeric Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: NPRS score at week four
measure: Numeric Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: NPRS score at week eight
measure: Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: NDI score at baseline
measure: Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: NDI score at week two
measure: Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: NDI score at week four
measure: Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: NDI score at week eight
measure: Global Rating of Change
timeFrame: GROC score at week two
measure: Global Rating of Change
timeFrame: GROC score at week four
measure: Global Rating of Change
timeFrame: GROC score at week eight
measure: Pressure Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Pressure Pain Threshold score at baseline
measure: Pressure Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Pressure Pain Threshold score at week two
measure: Pressure Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Pressure Pain Threshold score at week four
measure: Pressure Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Pressure Pain Threshold score at week eight
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Loma Linda
country: United States
facility: Loma Linda U
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Loma Linda U
name: Everett B Lohman
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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