Thinking of joining a study?

Register your interest

Become a volunteer?

NCT05712239 | Recruiting | Neck Pain

Effect of Lumber Core Stability Exercises on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Sponsor:

Cairo University

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Hend Wageh

Brief Summary:

Chronic non-specific neck pain patients will be enrolled in 3 groups in this study including passive, active control and experimental groups to determine the effect of adding lumbar core stability exercises to patient's advices and cervical and scapular stabilization exercises. For the last two groups, the sessions will be applied 3 times per week for 4 weeks. All the outcomes will be measured after patient's enrollment and at the end of 4 weeks to determine the difference between groups.

Condition or disease

Neck Pain

Intervention/treatment

Advices

Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Lumber Core Stability Program

Phase

Not Applicable

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 66 participants
Masking : Double
Masking Description : To confirm blindness, all patients will be unaware of the group allocation and the exercises performed by the other group. Also, the pictures of craniovertebral angle will be coded before being measured
Primary Purpose : Treatment
Official Title : Effect of Adding Lumbar Core Stability Exercises to Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises and Advices on Chronic Non- Specific Neck Pain
Actual Study Start Date : February 5, 2023
Estimated Primary Completion Date : February 1, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date : April 1, 2024
Arm Intervention/treatment

Other: Advices Group

Patients in this group will take only advices about their postures and activities of daily living

Other: Advices

Other: Advices

Active Comparator: Cervical and scapular stabilization Group

Patients in this group will take advices and stability exercises for neck and scapula

Other: Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Other: Advices

Experimental: Neck, scapular and lumber stabilization Group

Patients in this group will take advices, and stability exercises for neck, scapula and lumber spine

Other: Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Other: Lumber Core Stability Program
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with persistent cervical pain for more than 12 weeks without specific diagnosis (chronic non-specific neck pain).
  • BMI less than 30 kg/m2.
  • Pain intensity on VAS should be more than 3.
  • Patient will be able and motivated in completing the study.
  • Psychologically & mentally stable.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Red Flag's symptoms including a history of major trauma, persistent night pain, bladder or bowel dysfunction, and/or lower or upper extremity neurological deficit.
  • Pregnant women.
  • Recent or old fractures at spine or upper limbs.
  • Congenital, or acquired postural deformity.
  • No previous neck or spinal or shoulder surgery.
  • No current pathologies (e.g. Disc lesion, nerve root compression, canal stenosis, spinal tumor, spinal infection, systemic inflammatory diseases, …).
Effect of Lumber Core Stability Exercises on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Location Details

Please Choose a site

Effect of Lumber Core Stability Exercises on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

How to Participate

Want to participate in this study, select a site at your convenience, send yourself email to get contact details and prescreening steps.

Locations

Recruiting

Egypt,

Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

Giza, Egypt,