NCT03702075

Self-administered Program in Chronic Neck Pain

Effects of a Self-administered Program in Chronic Neck Pain Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Neck pain is a complex biopsychosocial disorder often precipitated or aggravated by neck movements or sustained neck postures. The onset and course of this pain are influenced by environmental and personal factors. Many studies report that participants preferred self-care measures for the management of neck pain and they sought professional help only when those measures fail.

Detailed description

Neck pain is the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide causing an enormous impact on individuals and their families, communities and healthcare systems.While neck pain can be severely disabling and costly, treatment options have shown moderate evidence of effectiveness. No previous study has used foam roller in patients with neck pain. In addition, it has been suggested that neurodynamic interventions provide a peripheral stimulus, reducing the pressure existing within the nerve, improving blood flow, axonal transport and nerve conduction. It was hypothesized that a self-administered intervention focused on myofascial release of main muscles related to neck pain and upper-limb active neurodynamics could reduce the presence of active trigger points and pain, improving functionality and active mobility.

Conditions

• Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	self-administered program	One session was a session supervised by a physical therapist in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This session took place in groups of three or four people. All participants had to follow the physiotherapist instructions about the correct way to do the exercises with the foam roller or ball and nerve mobilizations of upper limbs.The other two weekly sessions were performed at home, following the instructions given by the physiotherapist in session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2019-02-01
• First posted: 2018-10-10
• Last updated: 2018-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain