Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise Versus Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Chronic Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise Versus Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain - Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05255055
• Other study ID #: UAH/2022/01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 12, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 23, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: University of Jaén
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

It has been estimated that between 50% and 85% of the population will suffer neck pain along their life. Chronic nonspecific neck pain is one of the main causes of disability in the population, it represents 25% of visits to physiotherapy, and it also has a high chance of chronification. The efficacy of combining manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for the treatment of this pathology has been demonstrated a lot of times. However, no conclusive studies have been found that compare the isolated application of both treatments, thus being an important focus of action and research.

The main objective of the study is to check if the treatment with therapeutic exercise is better than manual therapy in the improvement of the disability in patients with chronic neck pain.

A randomized, controlled, monocentric, parallel and single-blind clinical trial will be carried out.

The simple will be obtained from the population over 18 years old with chronic neck pain of more than 12 weeks of evolution and will be those who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

The patients will be randomly divided into 2 intervention groups, in one of the groups will be applied a manual therapy session of about 30 minutes once a week for 4 weeks. In the other group it will be delivered and explained to the patients, a home therapeutic exercise program that will be carried out on alternate days for 4 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 23, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 22, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nonspecific cervical pain of more than 12 weeks of evolution.

• Over 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Oncological processes.

• Pregnancy.

• Infectious diseases.

• Degenerative diseases.

• Fibromyalgia.

• Previous spinal surgeries.

• Previous traumatic events.

• Hernias and/or cervical protrusions.

• Neurological processes.

• Current treatment for cervical pain.

• Neuropathic characteristics pain.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Neck Pain
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Physical Therapy
A manual therapy protocol and a therapeutic exercise protocol

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Alcala	Alcalá De Henares	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Jaén

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck Disability Index		Three months
Secondary	Visual Analog Scale		Three months
Secondary	Pressure Pain Threshold		Three months
Secondary	Life Quality SF-12		Three months
Secondary	Kinesiophobia TAMPA Scale		Three months
Secondary	Beck Depression Inventory II		Three months