NCT06794528

Therapeutic Exercise Through Exergames on Mobile Devices for Cervical Rehabilitation

A Randomized Two-Arm Clinical Trial, Fixed-Assignment Study on Adherence to Therapeutic Exercise in Cervical Rehabilitation Using A Serious Game In Mobile Devices

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universitat de les Illes Balears · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether performing cervical therapeutic exercises using a serious game through a mobile application enhances treatment adherence compared to performing the same exercises at home following standard practice.

Detailed description

Participants in the study will be adults with non-specific neck pain (cervicalgia) who own a smartphone or tablet, and that give informed consent. Individuals with acute or severe conditions, such as recent surgeries or trauma, will be excluded. Before participation, they will be informed about the study and potential risks. The study is designed as a randomized clinical trial with two groups. The control group will follow a traditional home exercise program with written instructions, while the intervention group will use a personalized mobile app to guide their exercises. All participants will be asked to log their progress and any incidents in a compliance journal.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	RehbeCa mobile application	The system consists of a mobile application (to be used by patients) and a web application (to be used by physiotherapists) that allows monitoring of the patient's performance without the need for attendance, thus facilitating telerehabilitation. The mobile application consists of a serious game that aims to induce the patient to perform neck exercises, adapting to their capacity and evolution at all times through artificial intelligence. The patient's interaction with the mobile application is based on the integration of a vision-based head-tracker to track the movements of the patient's head. The web application aims to provide professionals with a tool to monitor the evolution of their patients through the data captured by the mobile application.
OTHER	Home exercise program	Set of therapeutic exercises to be carried out at home. They are taught face-to-face, and also printed on a leaflet that is delivered to the participant.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-16
• Primary completion: 2025-04-01
• Completion: 2025-05-01
• First posted: 2025-01-27
• Last updated: 2025-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain