Specific Neurodynamic Exercises on Disability and Neck Pain in Old Women

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effectiveness of Specific Neurodynamic Exercises Compared With Non-specific Exercises on Disability and Neck Pain in Women Older Than 65 Years

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05596019
• Other study ID #: USalamancaNeckPain
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 16, 2022
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: University of Salamanca
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized, parallel, double-blind clinical trial. The main objective is to compare the efficacy of multimodal exercise with specific neurodynamic exercises and multimodal exercise with non-specific exercises in disability and neck pain in women older than 65 years. The intervention in both groups will be carried out for 4 weeks, with three weekly sessions. Two evaluations will be carried out, a pre-intervention evaluation and a post-intervention evaluation. We will assess neck pain, disability, upper limb strength, cervical mobility, cervical pressure pain thresholds, kinesiophobia and catastrophism.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 23, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women older than 65 years.
• Neck pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Tumors
• Pacemakers
• Fibrillations
• Cardiac pathology or uncontrolled hypertension
• History of severe trauma/recent cervical surgery
• Uncontrolled systemic and inflammatory pathologies
• Congenital collagen compromise
• Presence of difficulties in performing the Initial Evaluation tests
• Language barriers
• Pending litigation or legal claim

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• specific neurodynamic exercises
Specific neurodynamic exercises in women older than 65 years with neck pain
• multimodal exercise
Multimodal and nonspecific exercises in women older than 65 years with neck pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Salamanca	Salamanca

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Salamanca

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) will be used. It is a scale used to quantify the patient's pain level on an 11-point numerical scale 0-10 with 0 being "no pain" and 10 being the "worst possible pain."	four weeks.
Primary	Neck disability	The Neck Disability Index (NDI) will be used. It is a modification of the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index. It is a scale used to measure disability associated with cervical pain due to acute or chronic conditions. He has 10 items: 7 related to activities of daily living, 2 related to pain and 1 related to concentration. The test can be interpreted with a maximum score of 50.	four weeks
Secondary	Cervical range of motion	The Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) device (Performance Attainment Associates, USA) will be used to measure the cervical range of motion, including flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation.	four weeks
Secondary	Hand grip strength	The strength will be recorded with Jamar Plus: Digital dynamometer to assess grip strength.	four weeks
Secondary	upper limb strength	The strength in upper limb movements will be recorded with the device "wireless MicroFET 2": Hand-held dynamometer for force assessment.	four weeks
Secondary	Pressure pain threshold	Pressure algometry measurements will be performed with a digital algometer to assess pressure pain thresholds. (Algometer model: Pain Test™ FPIX 10).	four weeks
Secondary	Kinesiophobia	The Tampa Scale for kinesiophobia (TSK-13) will be used. It is a patient-reported outcome measure designed to help identify kinesiophobia. This version is a 13-item questionnaire aimed at the assessment of fear of movement/re-injury. Each item is provided with a 4-points Likert scale with scoring alternatives ranging from "strongly disagree" [0] to "strongly agree" [4] . This gives a possible total raw score range from 0 to 52.	four weeks
Secondary	Catastrophism	Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) will be used. People are asked to indicate the degree to which they have the above thoughts and feelings when they are experiencing pain using the 0 (not at all) to 4 (all the time) scale. A total score is yielded (ranging from 0-52).	four weeks