Chronic Neck Pain
Conditions
Interventions
PTVR group:VR-Based Proprioceptive Training
PTVR/MCE group:VR-Based Proprioceptive Training and Motor control exercise
Sponsors
Chengdu Sport University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Undergraduate students aged 18 to 30 at Chengdu Sport University (subjects in this age range are more likely to participate in the study, show better compliance, and have greater tolerance to exercise interventions); (2) Clinically diagnosed with chronic neck pain lasting more than 3 months, and have not received cervical physical therapy, exercise training, or other systematic interventions in the past month; (3) Neck pain visual analog scale (VAS) score >= 3; (4) Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS) score >= 30% (total score 0–100%), indicating moderate functional impairment; (5) No contraindications for exercise testing, such as severe hypertension, cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, or respiratory disease; (6) Negative results in cervical flexion test, Spurling’s cervical compression test, and Adson’s test, with no signs of cervical nerve root compression or vascular compression.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) History of cervical spine surgery (surgery may alter the biomechanics and functional status of the cervical spine); (2) Suffering from severe neurological diseases (such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.) or other severe systemic diseases; (3) Pain primarily originating from areas other than the neck, or having other conditions that may cause neck pain; (4) Receiving any treatment in the past month that could affect cervical spine function, including medication interventions; (5) Having cognitive impairment that prevents understanding or cooperating with the study procedures; (6) Suffering from severe psychiatric disorders (such as major depression, anxiety disorders, etc.) or experiencing 3D dizziness that makes VR interventions intolerable; (7) Unable to provide accurate information on caffeine and nicotine consumption, or unwilling to comply with basic pre-experiment requirements (to control the potential interference of caffeine and nicotine on fNIRS signals, participants are required to abstain from caffeine-containing products for at least 6 hours and refrain from smoking for at least 2 hours before the experiment).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Oxyhemoglobin concentration;Functional Connectivity;Joint Position Error ;Root - Mean - Square;Co-Contraction Index;Median Frequency; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTianzheng Yang
Chengdu Sport University
Outcome results
None listed