Effectiveness of A Telehealth Postural Awareness Program Combined With Exercise In People With Neck Pain

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Postural Awareness Program With Exercises In Patients With Neck Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05509491
• Other study ID #: 2022-191
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 5, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Hacettepe University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

People with neck pain often experience pain, neck disability, and poor quality of life. Postural-based awareness programs are evidence-based interventions for postural problems and neck pain disorders. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a telehealth physiotherapist-delivered postural awareness program combined with exercise in people with neck pain. Pain, neck disability, leisure time management, and exercise stage of change were evaluated.

Description:

Pain with visual analog scale, neck disability with Neck Disability Index, Leisure time management with Leisure Time Management Scale, and exercise stage of change with exercise Stage of change Scale were determined. The authors aim to find out if there are any changes before and after the program on the pain, neck disability, and evaluation subscale of the leisure time management scale, and exercise stage of change of participants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 10, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being aged 18 years or over,
• volunteering to take part in the study,
• being a student of online education,
• without a history of any neurological or orthopedic problem,
• with resting neck pain (as measured by the VAS) lasting =30 days
• that is aggravated by movement without extending distal to the shoulders.

Exclusion Criteria:

• rheumatological diseases, malignity or structural deformities,
• previous surgical intervention related to the neck region,
• severe pain (more than 7 in 0 to 10 VAS)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• A postural awareness program with exercises
A program about postural awareness, bad posture, good posture and their effects on daily life

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Tezel Yildirim Sahan	Ankara

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hacettepe University	Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (4)

Alfawaz S, Lohman E, Alameri M, Daher N, Jaber H. Effect of adding stretching to standardized procedures on cervical range of motion, pain, and disability in patients with non-specific mechanical neck pain: A randomized clinical trial. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2020 Jul;24(3):50-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.02.020. Epub 2020 Feb 22. — View Citation

Bennell KL, Jones SE, Hinman RS, McManus F, Lamb KE, Quicke JG, Sumithran P, Prendergast J, George ES, Holden MA, Foster NE, Allison K. Effectiveness of a telehealth physiotherapist-delivered intensive dietary weight loss program combined with exercise in people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity: study protocol for the POWER randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Jul 30;23(1):733. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05685-z. — 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

Toprak Celenay S, Mete O, Sari A, Ozer Kaya D. A comparison of kinesio taping and classical massage in addition to cervical stabilization exercise in patients with chronic neck pain. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 May;43:101381. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101381. Epub 2021 Apr 2. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck pain	Visual Analog Scale- The evaluations of this study was performed at beginning and end of study. Neck pain was determined with Visual Analog Scale with 0 indicating "no pain", 10 indicating "the most severe pain	5 minute
Secondary	Neck Disability	Neck Disability Index-The Neck Disability Index consists of 10 items: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headache, concentration, work, driving, sleeping and recreation. Individuals included in the study were asked to rate each title between 0 (no disability) and 5 (complete disability). The total score ranges between 0 (no disability) and 50 (complete disability)	10 minute
Secondary	Leisure Time Management	Leisure Time Management- This scale consists of four sub-dimensions and 15 items. These sub-dimensions were investigated as "evaluation", "programming", "leisure attitude", "goal setting and method". The answer codes of each item vary between 1 and 5 as a Likert type.	10 minute
Secondary	Exercise Stage of Change	Exercise Stage of Change Scale-The "Exercise Behavior Change Steps Questionnaire" aims to determine the individual's exercise behavior steps. The four items in the questionnaire, in which the participants' wishes for exercise are tried to be determined, are answered as yes/no. Individuals' intention to exercise and their habits of participating in exercise are divided into five different exercise behavior steps according to their responses to the items: Pre-tendency, Tendency, Preparation, Movement and Continuity.	10 minute