NCT05321537

Comparison of Somatosensory Versus Endurance-strength Exercise in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Comparison of Somatosensory Exercise Versus Endurance-strength Exercise in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alexander Achalandabaso · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim: To compare the effects of somatosensory exercise vs endurance-strength exercise on the deep cervical flexor muscles on pain and perceived disability in patients with chronic neck pain. Study design: Protocol of a clinical trial, controlled, parallel and a blinded assessor. Population: Subjects aged 18 to 65 years with neck pain of 3 or more months of evolution.

Detailed description

The study will be carried out at the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy of the University of Alcalá. A total of 60 subjects with nonspecific chronic neck pain will be selected and randomly assigned into two intervention groups. The first group will perform a somatosensory exercise program and a second group will perform activation and endurance-strength exercises of the deep cervical flexors. The duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks, with 6 sessions of physical therapy and daily home exercise. The variables pain, pressure pain threshold, disability, endurance-strength, proprioception, quality of life, kinesiophobia, quality of sleep and depression will be analyzed. Measurements will be taken pre-treatment, post-treatment and a follow-up at 3 months.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Therapeutic exercises	A somatosensory training and an endurance-strength training protocol

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-19
• Primary completion: 2022-12-14
• Completion: 2023-05-08
• First posted: 2022-04-11
• Last updated: 2023-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain