Cervical Sensorimotor Control Training in Chronic Neck Pain

Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of Cervical Sensorimotor Control Training in Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Impaired cervical joint position sense is associated with neck pain. This study will determine the effects of sensorimotor control training exercises on cervical joint position, pain, ROM and function in nonspecific chronic neck pain. There will be two groups ; experimental and control. Half of study group will receive cervical sensorimotor control training exercises and half of study group will receive conventional physiotherapy protocol.

Clinical Trial Description

The study is Randomized Control Trail , which is being conducted in physical therapy Out patient department of Pakistan Railway hospital (April 2019-July 2019) . Sample size of 18 individual was calculated using Epitool with 95% confidence interval (CI), and power 80%. Individual will be screened out according to inclusion criteria. Individuals will be allocated randomly into two groups , 9 in cervical Sensori-motor training group and 9 in conventional physiotherapy protocol group by sealed envelope method.

Both groups will receive conventional physiotherapy protocol (hot pack, stretching exercises and strengthening exercises) for neck pain in common and the experimental group will receive cervical sensorimotor control training in addition to conventional protocol.

Assessment will be done on baseline and 6th week.

Data will be analysed on SPSS version 21. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain
• Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain

• NCT number: NCT03933267
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Riphah International University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 25, 2019
• Completion date: June 30, 2019