NCT05032911

Sensorimotor Control in People With and Without Neck Pain

Analysis of Sensorimotor Control in People With and Without Neck Pain Using Inertial Sensor Technology: Study Protocol for a Longitudinal Prospective Observational Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: CEU San Pablo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a descriptive, observational, longitudinal, prospective study consecutively enrolling patients with non-specific neck pain and age-matched asymptomatic participants. The investigators will register sensorimotor control variables, including active range of motion, movement speed, acceleration, smoothness of motion, head repositioning accuracy and motion coupling patterns. These variables will be recorded by means of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors during the following tests consecutively performed in two measuring sessions separated by 12 months: (a) kinematics of planar movements, (b) kinematics of the craniocervical flexion movement, (c) kinematics during functional tasks and (d) kinematics of task-oriented neck movements in response to visual targets.

Conditions

• Movement Disorders
• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	sensorimotor control analysis using inertial sensor technology	Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors will measure sensorimotor control variables including active range of motion, movement speed, acceleration, smoothness of motion, head repositioning accuracy and motion coupling patterns

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-10
• Primary completion: 2022-02-15
• Completion: 2023-02-15
• First posted: 2021-09-02
• Last updated: 2021-09-10