Clinical trial NCT02424032: Stabilization Exercises With and Without Connective Tissue Massage for Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Neck Pain Musculoskeletal
Keywords: Neck pain
stabilization exercise
connective tissue massage
Lead sponsor: Ataturk Training and Research Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-04-22
Enrollment: 53
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to investigate and compared the effects of cervical and scapulothoracic stabilization exercises with and without connective tissue massage (CTM) for patients with chronic mechanical neck pain.

Detailed description: Sixty patients with chronic mechanical neck pain were recruited and randomly allocated into stabilization exercise with and without the connective tissue massage program. The study's inclusion criteria were as follows: 18 to 65 years of age, having neck pain for more than 3 months, and being volunteer. The exclusion criteria were as follows: stenosis, traumatic injury history, previous surgery related to cervical spine, hypermobility, cancer, having inflammatory rheumatologic, severe psychological disorders, being pregnant, and intervention including exercise or physical therapy in the last 3 months.The program was carried out for 12 sessions, 3 days/week in 4 weeks. Pain intensity with Visual Analog Scale, pressure pain threshold with digital algometer, the level of anxiety with the Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and life quality with Short Form-36 were evaluated before and after treatment.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 to 65 years of age,
* having neck pain for more than 3 months, and
* being volunteer

Exclusion Criteria:

* Stenosis,
* traumatic injury history,
* previous surgery related to cervical spine,
* hypermobility,
* cancer,
* having inflammatory rheumatologic,
* severe psychological disorders,
* being pregnant, and
* intervention including exercise or physical therapy in the last 3 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Neck pain intensity as measured by Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: Change from baseline neck pain intensity at 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in level of anxiety as assessed by Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: Change from baseline level of anxiety at 4 weeks
measure: Change in quality of life as assessed by Short Form-36
timeFrame: Change from baseline quality of life at 4 weeks
measure: Change in pressure pain threshold as measured by digital algometer
timeFrame: Change from baseline pressure pain threshold at 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ataturk Trainning and Research Hospital
state: Cankaya
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ataturk Trainning and Research Hospital
state: Cankaya
Study officials:
affiliation: Ataturk Trainning and Research Hospital
name: Seyda TOPRAK CELENAY
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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