Clinical trial NCT06542302: The Effects of Cervical Sensorimotor Control Challenges on Gait Patterns, Cervical Sensorimotor Control During Dynamic Tasks
Official title: Influence of Various Cervical Sensorimotor Control Challenges on Gait Patterns, Cervical Sensorimotor Control, and Dual-Task Performance During Dynamic Gait-related Tasks
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Neck Pain
Sensorimotor
Gait
Keywords: Sensorimotor control
Chronic neck pain
Oculomotor control
Gait
Balance
Lead sponsor: National Cheng Kung University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Science and Technology Council
First posted: 2024-08-07
Enrollment: 74
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with chronic neck pain are: (1) pain was unilateral or bilateral between the superior nuchal line and 1st thoracic vertebra, (2) neck pain persisting for 3 months and above, and (3) average pain intensity of last pain episode was between 2 and 8 based on the numeric rating scale (NRS).

Brief summary: To investigate the influence of cervical SMC challenges during gait-related dynamic tasks on all task performance and symptoms in patients with CNP.

Detailed description: The goal of this observational study is to learn about the immediate effects of cervical sensorimotor challenges during gait-related dynamic tasks on all task performance and symptoms in patients with CNP .

The main question it aims to answer is:

Does adding sensorimotor challenges in chronic neck pain patient will affect balance and gait performance?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy asymptomatic adults will not have any complaints of current pain and impairments of neuromusculoskeletal systems within the last 6 months.
* For patients with CNP

  * Pain was unilateral or bilateral between the superior nuchal line and 1st thoracic vertebra
  * Neck pain persisting for 3 months and above
  * Average pain intensity of last pain episode was between 2 and 8 based on the numeric rating scale (NRS).

Exclusion criteria:

◾For patients with CNP and healthy asymptomatic adults

* Acute or the first onset of neck pain
* Traumatic cause of pain
* Previous fracture or surgery of the spine
* Diagnosed cardiopulmonary diseases, for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema
* Diagnosed gastrointestinal and abdominal conditions which may interfere daily activities within the past 6 months
* Medical conditions that may affect balance and study procedures (e.g. neurological diseases, vestibular disorders, malignant tumors)
* Metabolic diseases such as anemia and diabetes
* Smoking, plan to pregnant or in pregnancy
* Psychological disorders (affect questionnaire responses)
* Unable to walk independently
* Corrected visual abnormalities or individuals unable to wear contact lenses for vision correction due to the potential interference of wearing VR head-mounted display with glasses.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameter
timeFrame: One day
measure: Head and Cervical Kinematics
timeFrame: One day
measure: Head and Cervical Kinematics
timeFrame: One day
measure: Lower Extremity Kinematics and Kinetics
timeFrame: One day
measure: Lower Extremity Kinematics and Kinetics
timeFrame: One day
measure: Enter of Mass and Center of Pressure (COM-COP)
timeFrame: One day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tainan
country: Taiwan
facility: National Cheng Kung University
Study officials:
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