Validity of Neck Extensor Muscles Endurance Test in Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain and Asymptomatic Subjects

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02797002
• Other study ID #: IR.USWR.REC.1394.191
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 3, 2016
• Last updated: October 24, 2017
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: May 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Neck pain (NP) is one of the most common and costly musculoskeletal complaints in today's societies. Cervical muscles endurance has been commonly associated with the development of NP. Real-time ultrasound imaging is a reliable and valid technique recently used by physical therapists to evaluate muscle structure, function and activation patterns. The aim of this study is if change in muscle thickness can correlate with the results of the endurance testing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 220
• Est. completion date: May 2017
• Est. primary completion date: April 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with neck pain: experiencing pain for at least 3 months in the last year, having pain score of 3 or more on visual analogue scale.

• Healthy subjects: no history of neck pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of cervical discopathy

• Any surgery on neck

• Traumatic neck injury

• Any congenital disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Assessment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences	Tehran

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Flexor and Extensor cervical muscles holding time (second)		6 months
Primary	Anteroposterior diameter of the flexor and extensor cervical muscles (mm)		6 months
Primary	Mediolateral diameter of the flexor and extensor cervical muscles (mm)		6 months
Primary	Cross section area of the flexor and extensor cervical muscles (cm2)		6 months
Primary	Neck disability questionnaire score		6 months
Primary	Visual analogue scale score		6 months
Secondary	Pearson correlation coefficient of the cervical muscles holding time with Anteroposterior and border and cross section area of the flexor and extensor cervical muscles		6 months