Alexander Technique Neck Pain

Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain Clinical Trial

— ATNeck  

Official title:

Randomized Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of F.M. Alexander Technique in Chronic Neck Pain Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02209480
• Other study ID #: 07-3497
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2007
• Est. completion date: August 2008

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to test the efficacy of five Alexander Technique lessons compared to the same period of heat pad application and guided imagery in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain.

Description:

see above

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: August 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• chronic non-specific neck pain

• at least 3 months

• 40mm pain intensity on visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• neck pain as consequence of disc protrusion or prolapse, whiplash, congenital deformity of the spine, spinal stenosis, neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, neurological disorder,

• active oncologic disease

• affective disorder

• addiction

• psychosis.

• pregnancy

• invasive treatment of the spine within the previous three weeks

• spinal surgery

• previous experiences in Alexander Technique

• ongoing application for disability pension

• simultaneous participation in other clinical trials on neck pain

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Alexander Technique

Device:
• Heat pad application

Behavioral:
• guided imagery

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte	Essen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universität Duisburg-Essen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (1)

Lauche R, Schuth M, Schwickert M, Lüdtke R, Musial F, Michalsen A, Dobos G, Choi KE. Efficacy of the Alexander Technique in treating chronic non-specific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2016 Mar;30(3):247-58. doi: 10.1177/026921551 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	neck pain intensity	neck pain intensity measured on a 100mm visual analog scales; comparison Alexander technique vs. heat pad; comparison Alexander technique vs. guided imagery	5 weeks
Secondary	quality of life	quality of life measured by the SF-36 questionnaire	5 weeks
Secondary	Pain on motion	pain on motion (movement of head in different directions) measured by the POM (Lauche, 2014, pain medicine)	5 weeks
Secondary	Medication	weekly dose of medication calculated as the defined daily dose according to WHO	5 weeks
Secondary	functional disability	measured by the neck disability index (NDI)	5 weeks
Secondary	satisfaction	satisfaction measured on a visual analog scale and via questions like "would you consider using it again" or "would you recommend it"	5 weeks
Secondary	safety	any adverse event during the study period	5 weeks