Clinical trial NCT05284630: Using Mobile Application for Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Official title: Evaluation of the Effect of Exercise Program Followed by Mobile Application on Pain, Quality of Life, Functionality and Stability in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Chronic Pain
Keywords: Neck Pain
Chronic Pain
mobile Health
Mobile Apps
Quality of Life
Lead sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Medical Park Hospital Istanbul
First posted: 2022-03-17
Enrollment: 62
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to reduce pain, increase range of motion, increase the endurance of deep cervical flexors muscles, and increase quality of life with mobile application in the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain. Although many benefits of exercises have been proven, the effectiveness, follow-up and continuity of exercise will be investigated with mobile application tracking.

Detailed description: One of the important factors in mechanical chronic neck pain is the decrease in the endurance of the deep cervical flexor muscles. As a result of this decrease, an increase to the activation of M. Scalenus Anterior and M. Sternocleidomastoid muscles is observed. It is known that patients avoid some movements due to pain, and as a result, loss of muscle strength and endurance in the neck, upper back, around the scapula and shoulder occurs. The loss in strength and endurance, combined with the severity of pain, may affect the stability of the upper extremity has been considered.

Patients with chronic neck pain may experience a number of problems due to the predisposition to accompany pain or some problems caused by neck pain. It is known that all these problems affect the quality of life of patients by limiting their daily living activities.

With the developing technology, mobile health applications have started to be used more and more in our lives. In addition to preventing disease, reducing risk factors, increasing physical activity and quality of life, mobile applications are used in many different areas such as diagnosis, treatment, feedback and monitoring.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having chronic neck pain in the past 6 months
* No communication problem
* Be Literate,
* Individuals who speaks Turkish and can use developed mobile application

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous neck or shoulder surgery,
* Shoulder pain due to any reason,
* Having tumor or inflammatory disease underlying neck pain
* Having mental disorder,
* Individual with sequestered disc level or root compression,
* Individual with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension
* Patients received additional treatment
* Patients who did not complete physical therapy sessions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: Change from pre-interventional Neck Disability Index score at the end of the intervention that will be performed 5 days in a week at a total of 4 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: Change from pre-interventional Visual Analog Scale score at the end of the intervention that will be performed 5 days in a week at a total of 4 weeks.
measure: Assessment of the degree of joint range of motion
timeFrame: Change from pre-interventional Range of Motion Assesment score at the end of the intervention that will be performed 5 days in a week at a total of 4 weeks.
measure: Manual Muscle Test
timeFrame: Change from pre-interventional Manual Muscle Test Assesment score at the end of the intervention that will be performed 5 days in a week at a total of 4 weeks.
measure: The System Usability Scale (SUS)
timeFrame: Change from pre-interventional System Usability Scale score at the end of the intervention that will be performed 5 days in a week at a total of 4 weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Saglık Bilimleri University
Study officials:
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Sümeyye Akçay, PT,MSc
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Gamze Koyutürk, PT,MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Mehmet Burak Uyaroğlu, PT,MSc
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: IAU Medical Park Florya Hospital
name: Dudu Kübra Akyol, PT
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Emre Serdar Atalay, Ass. Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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