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Effitiveness and Neural Network Mechansim of Baduanjin in Elderly Population with Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Effitiveness and Neural Network Mechansim of Baduanjin in Elderly Population with Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500109939
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-09-28
Start date
2025-10-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

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Conditions

Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Interventions

Low-frequency intervention group:Health Education: All participants will receive standardized health education once a week for chronic non-specific neck pain, including information on chronic non-spe
2.Stretching Up to Regulate the San Jiao
3.Drawing the Bow to Shoot the Eagle/Hawk
4.Raising One Arm to Regulate the Spleen&Stomach
5.Looking Backwards to Relieve Five Fatigue&Seven Injuries
6.Swaying the Head and Tail to Ease Heart Fire
7.Touching the Toes to Strengthen the Kidneys.
8.Punching with Angry Eyes to Build Strength
9.Bouncing on the Toes to Ward Off All Diseases
10.Closing Movement.The subjects will perform an Baduanjin training once a week. The first training will be conducted offline by well-trained Baduanjin instructors , and subsequent training will be do
Mid-frequency intervention group:Health Education: The content and implementation methods are completely consistent with the low frequency intervention group
Baduanjin Intervention: the content, teaching method, and training mode are exactly the same as those of the low-frequency intervention group, but the training frequency is three times a week.
High-frequency intervention group:Health Education: The content and implementation methods are completely consistent with the low frequency intervention group
Baduanjin Intervention: the content, teaching method, and training mode are ex

Sponsors

The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >= 60 years; 2. Neck pain persists for more than 12 weeks (3 months), with a pain intensity numerical rating scale >=3; 3. Neck Disability Index (NDI) >= 10.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. The history of specific possible causes of neck pain, such as head or neck trauma, radicular cervical spondylopathy, spinal cord lesions, central or peripheral nerve diseases or symptoms, malignant tumors, vertebral fractures, and infections; 2. History of shoulder and neck surgery; 3. Serious medical history that restricts participation in Baduanjin includes but is not limited to: serious injuries, dementia, neurological diseases, symptomatic heart or vascular diseases (such as angina, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, and severe hypertension), recent strokes, severe insulin-dependent diabetes, mental illnesses, kidney diseases, liver diseases, active tumors, or severe anemia; 4. Pregnancy; 5. Have taken pain relievers other than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or are currently undergoing treatment with the aforementioned medications in the past 3 months; 6. Has received physical therapy for neck pain in the past 6 months; 7. Practiced Baduanjin regularly in the past 6 months (with regular practice defined as at least once a week); 8. Participated in similar research in the past year, which may have a significant impact on the results of this study; 9. Unable to cooperate with follow-up, education, intervention, and other experimental processes; 10. Unable to communicate with others in Chinese.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain Intensity;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Multidimensional Pain Assessment;Neck Disability;Central Sensitization;Central Sensitization;Quality Of Life;Pain Catastrophizing;Depression Level;Functional NIR spectroscopic imaging indicators;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactBeibei Feng

The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

fengbb@mail.sysu.edu.cn+86 131 4366 3961

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026