Neck Pain Clinical Trial
— TaiChiNeOfficial title:
Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Verified date | April 2018 |
Source | Universität Duisburg-Essen |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
In this study the efficacy of Tai Chi will be tested in comparison to conventional neck exercises and usual care in a randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi and neck exercises will be lead by a trained exercise therapist and Tai Chi instructor, both groups receive 12 weeks of training, once weekly for 60-90 min in a group setting. Pain, Disability, quality of life, wellbeing, stress perception, psychological distress will be used to determine effects.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 114 |
Est. completion date | April 2015 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2014 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least) - 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale Exclusion Criteria: - specific neck pain due to - inflammatory diseases - rheumatic diseases - neurological diseases - prolapse or protrusion - oncological disease - trauma (whiplash) - congenital deformity of the spine - severe comorbidity (somatic, psychiatric) - pregnancy - participation in other clinical trials - regular practice of tai chi, qigong, yoga in the past 6 months - medication with opioids |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Germany | Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte | Essen | NRW |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Universität Duisburg-Essen |
Germany,
Lauche R, Stumpe C, Fehr J, Cramer H, Cheng YW, Wayne PM, Rampp T, Langhorst J, Dobos G. The Effects of Tai Chi and Neck Exercises in the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2016 Sep;17(9):1013-27. doi: 10.10 — View Citation
Lauche R, Wayne PM, Fehr J, Stumpe C, Dobos G, Cramer H. Does Postural Awareness Contribute to Exercise-Induced Improvements in Neck Pain Intensity? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Tai Chi and Neck Exercises. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Aug 15;42(16):1195-1200. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002078. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Experiences | Experiences with Tai Chi and neck exercises, qualitative interviews | Week 24 | |
Primary | pain intensity | pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm) | week 12 | |
Secondary | pain intensity | pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm) | week 24 | |
Secondary | pain on movement | pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm) evoked by head movement into 6 directions POM validated by Lauche et al., 2014, Pain Medicine | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | neck disability | neck disability index (NDI), Vernon et al. | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | health related quality of life | short form quality of life questionnaire (SF-36), Bullinger and Kirchberger | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | Anxiety and Depression | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | Wellbeing | Wellbeing on the FEW16 Questionnaire | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | Stress | Subjective stress perception, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | interoceptive awareness | The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | Postural Awareness | Postural Awareness Questionnaire (PAS) | week 12, week 24 | |
Secondary | Safety | All adverse and serious adverse events | week 24 | |
Secondary | pain intensity ratings | daily rating of pain intensity, visual analog scales | week 12 | |
Secondary | use of analgetics | daily information on use of analgetics | week 12 | |
Secondary | use of concomitant therapies | daily information on use of concomitant therapies for neck pain | week 12 |
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