Clinical trial NCT03667209: Exercise and Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients With Neck Pain: Impact on Pain and Disability
Official title: Exercise and Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients With Neck Pain: Impact
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Lead sponsor: Aveiro University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-09-12
Enrollment: 66
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: This study will compare the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education and neck/shoulder traditional exercises versus pain neuroscience education and neck/shoulder suspension training exercises for patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP).

Detailed description: The investigators anticipate that 66 patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain will be randomized to receive pain neuroscience education and shoulder/neck traditional exercises (n=33) or pain neuroscience education and shoulder/neck suspension exercises (n=33). Data on pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), pain disability, neck flexor and extensor muscles endurance, scapulae stabilizers endurance, pain catastrophizing (Pain catastrophizing Scale), trait and state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and knowledge of pain neurophysiology (Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire) will be collected. Measurements will be taken before, after the intervention and at 3 months follow up.

Statistical analysis will be performed using a mixed-methods ANOVA.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of chronic idiopathic neck pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cervical radiculopathy
* Neck fractures
* Tumors
* Rheumatological disorders
* Any other serious cause of neck pain

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain intensity: VAS
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain intensity: VAS
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Pain intensity: VAS
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Neck pain associated disability
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck pain associated disability
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neck pain associated disability
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Neck pain frequency
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck pain frequency
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neck pain frequency
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Neck pain location
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck pain location
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neck pain location
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Neck flexor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck flexor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neck flexor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Neck extensor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neck extensor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neck extensor muscles endurance test
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Scapular stabilizers' endurance test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Scapular stabilizers' endurance test
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Scapular stabilizers' endurance test
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Pain Catastrophizing Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain Catastrophizing Scale
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Pain Catastrophizing Scale
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Neurophysiology of pain questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Neurophysiology of pain questionnaire
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Neurophysiology of pain questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Patients' Global Impression of Change
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Patients' Global Impression of Change
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Patients' Global Impression of Change
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: TAMPA scale of kinesiophobia
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: TAMPA scale of kinesiophobia
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: TAMPA scale of kinesiophobia
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Chronic Pain Coping Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Chronic Pain Coping Inventory
timeFrame: 7 weeks
measure: Chronic Pain Coping Inventory
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aveiro
country: Portugal
facility: Escola Superior de Saúde
Study officials:
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