Clinical trial NCT02222051: Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Official title: Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: neck pain
chronic pain
Lead sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-08-21
Enrollment: 114
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: In this study the efficacy of Tai Chi will be tested in comparison to conventional neck exercises and usual care in a randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi and neck exercises will be lead by a trained exercise therapist and Tai Chi instructor, both groups receive 12 weeks of training, once weekly for 60-90 min in a group setting. Pain, Disability, quality of life, wellbeing, stress perception, psychological distress will be used to determine effects.

Detailed description: see above

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least)
* 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria:

* specific neck pain due to
* inflammatory diseases
* rheumatic diseases
* neurological diseases
* prolapse or protrusion
* oncological disease
* trauma (whiplash)
* congenital deformity of the spine
* severe comorbidity (somatic, psychiatric)
* pregnancy
* participation in other clinical trials
* regular practice of tai chi, qigong, yoga in the past 6 months
* medication with opioids

Primary outcomes:
measure: pain intensity
timeFrame: week 12
Secondary outcomes:
measure: pain intensity
timeFrame: week 24
measure: pain on movement
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: neck disability
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: health related quality of life
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: Anxiety and Depression
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: Wellbeing
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: Stress
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: interoceptive awareness
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: Postural Awareness
timeFrame: week 12, week 24
measure: Safety
timeFrame: week 24
measure: pain intensity ratings
timeFrame: week 12
measure: use of analgetics
timeFrame: week 12
measure: use of concomitant therapies
timeFrame: week 12
Other outcomes:
measure: Experiences
timeFrame: Week 24
Locations:
city: Essen
country: Germany
facility: Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte
state: NRW
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte
name: Gustav Dobos, Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Lauche R, Wayne PM, Fehr J, Stumpe C, Dobos G, Cramer H. Does Postural Awareness Contribute to Exercise-Induced Improvements in Neck Pain Intensity? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Tai Chi and Neck Exercises. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Aug 15;42(16):1195-1200. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002078.
citation: Lauche R, Stumpe C, Fehr J, Cramer H, Cheng YW, Wayne PM, Rampp T, Langhorst J, Dobos G. The Effects of Tai Chi and Neck Exercises in the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2016 Sep;17(9):1013-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.06.004. Epub 2016 Jun 23.