Clinical trial NCT03493334: Visual Feedback in Chronic Neck Pain
Official title: Impacto do Feedback Visual da região Posterior da Coluna Cervical, na Intensidade da Dor e Amplitude de Movimento, em Utentes Com Dor Cervical crónica idiopática
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Lead sponsor: Aveiro University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-04-10
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of visual feedback of the posterior region of the cervical spine on pain intensity and range of motion.

Detailed description: 60 patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain will be randomly assigned into one of two groups: a group receiving visual feedback when performing 10 repetitions of each of neck movements (flexion, extension, side-flexion and rotation) and a group performing the same task without visual feedback. Participants will be assessed for pain intensity, pain location, disability, range of motion, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing and anxiety both at baseline and after visual the intervention (i.e., neck movements with and without visual feedback).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To have idiopathic neck pain defined as neck pain unrelated to any known pathology or lesion felt at least once a week in the last 3 months, located between the nuchal line and a horizontal line passing through T1 and pain intensity of at least 3 in the visual analogue scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of cervical or facial trauma, radiculopathy, history of surgery in the vertebral segment in question, congenital anomalies involving the spine (cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine) or any neurological or rheumatic pathology, and, finally, evidence of significant visual changes, or of deficits not corrected by lenses or glasses.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Neck pain intensity
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck pain intensity
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pain location
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain location
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Time for pain to return to baseline levels
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Pain disability
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain disability
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Neck range of motion
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck range of motion
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Kinesiophobia
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Kinesiophobia
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Catastrophyzing
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Catastrophyzing
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
measure: Neck perception
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck perception
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention (at 30 minutes)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Figueira Da Foz
country: Portugal
facility: Clínica de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Hellman, Lda
Study officials:
affiliation: Aveiro University
name: Anabela Silva, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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