Clinical trial NCT06233006: Investigation of the Effects of Upper Extremity Functions in Female Patients With Non-Specific Neck Pain
Official title: Investigation of the Effects of Upper Extremity Functions and Health-Related Quality of Life in Female Patients With Non-Specific Neck Pain
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Neck Pain
Lead sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Tarsus University
First posted: 2024-01-31
Enrollment: 80
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Female patients with Non Spesific Neck Pain

Brief summary: Non-specific neck pain is defined as pain in the posterior and lateral part of the neck between the superior nuchael line and the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra, without neurological findings and obvious structural pathology. It is more common in women than in men. Neck pain is thought to affect upper extremity functions. Although the exact cause is unknown, it has been reported that mechanical loading, minor peripheral nerve damage and deconditioning negatively affect upper extremity functions in individuals with neck pain and reduce the quality of life. Although it is stated in the literature that patients with neck pain often experience upper extremity problems, there are a limited number of studies evaluating the relationship between the neck and upper extremity.

This study was planned to determine upper extremity functions and their impact on health-related quality of life in female patients with NSHP. Female patients with NSHP over the age of 18 who apply to Tarsus State Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic, meet the inclusion criteria, and agree to participate in the study will be included in the study. With our research, patients' upper extremity functions (hand skills, hand and finger grip strength, reaction time, position sense, upper extremity strength and endurance) and health-related quality of life will be evaluated and interpreted.

Detailed description: Non-specific neck pain is defined as pain in the posterior and lateral part of the neck between the superior nuchael line and the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra, without neurological findings and obvious structural pathology. It is more common in women than in men. Neck pain is thought to affect upper extremity functions. Although the exact cause is unknown, it has been reported that mechanical loading, minor peripheral nerve damage and deconditioning negatively affect upper extremity functions in individuals with neck pain and reduce the quality of life. Although it is stated in the literature that patients with neck pain often experience upper extremity problems, there are a limited number of studies evaluating the relationship between the neck and upper extremity.

This study was planned to determine upper extremity functions and their impact on health-related quality of life in female patients with NSHP. Female patients with NSHP over the age of 18 who apply to Tarsus State Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic, meet the inclusion criteria, and agree to participate in the study will be included in the study. With our research, patients' upper extremity functions (hand skills, hand and finger grip strength, reaction time, position sense, upper extremity strength and endurance) and health-related quality of life will be evaluated and interpreted.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having neck pain lasting more than 30 days and being diagnosed with non-specific neck pain
* Having a score of 14/50 or above on the Neck Disability Index
* Expressing neck pain as at least 3/10 points or above on the visual analog scale
* Being 18 years or older
* Female patients

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previously diagnosed orthopedic diseases related to the spine
* Undergoing surgical upper extremity surgery that may affect upper extremity functions
* Being pregnant and having just given birth
* Serious pathologies (such as cancer, spondylolisthesis, rheumatoid arthritis, kyphoscoliosis, scoliosis, etc., thoracic deformity or ankylosing spondylitis)
* Symptoms of cervical spinal stenosis (such as incoordination of hands, arms and legs, bowel and bladder incontinence)
* Radix compression (such as sensory changes, muscle weakness, or decreased reflexes)
* History of whiplash or cervical surgery
* Kyphoscoliosis, scoliosis etc. thorax deformity
* Having a body mass index over 30

Primary outcomes:
measure: hand skills
timeFrame: 4 minutes
measure: hand grip strength
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: pinch grip strength
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: reaction time
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: position sense
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Upper extremity strength and endurance
timeFrame: 1 minutes
measure: upper extremity disability
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Health Related Quality of Life
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Neck disability
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mersin
country: Turkey
facility: Tarsus State Hospital
state: Tarsus
Study officials:
affiliation: Dokuz Eylul University
name: Sevgi OZALEVLİ, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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