M99.01 M54.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: After inclusion and before randomization the participants will get a 45 minute consultation considering playing related problems of musicians and a related handout. After randomization partic
Sponsors
Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - active professional professional orchestral musicians, soloists or music students (violinists and violists) - 18 to 65 years of age - Proved clinical diagnosis "chronic neck pain", i.e. neck pain for at least 12 weeks - intensity of the average neck pain over the last 7 days had to be more than 40 mm on a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS) - within the last 4 weeks before inclusion treatment against neck pain was only by medicaments - willingness to get a consultation considering playing related problems of musicians and 5 osteopathic treatments within the next 10 weeks - willingness to to do without osteopathic treatment within the next 12 weeks in case of randomization to control group - ability to give oral and signed written informed consent - written and oral informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - peripher or central neurological symptoms - known vascular anomaly such as aneurysm - known or suspected primary or secondary bone tumor - neck pain caused by recent trauma - rheumatic diseases - prior surgery on cervical column - suspected osteoporosis - osteopathic treatment within the last 6 month before beginn of study - neck pain treated by complementary medicine actual or within the last 3 month before inclusion - neck pain treated by physical medicine actual or within the last 3 month before inclusion - obesity with BMI >30 Kg/m2 - intake of centrally acting analgesics - pregnancy - severe acute and or chronic disease which does not allow participation in the therapy - other limitations which do not allow participation in the therapy - alcohol or substance abuse - planed or actual using of therapies with positive impact on chronic neck pain - like physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage, neuroreflex therapy, Feldenkrais during study paritipation - no sufficient knowledge of German language - current application for a benefit - participation in another clinical trial during six months before the study and parallel to the study - absence of written informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is the subjective perceived neck pain on a visual analogue scale (VAS, 0-100 mm, 0 = no pain, 100 = worst imaginable pain) measured after 12 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include the subjective perceived neck pain on a visual analogue scale VAS after 6, 26 and 52 weeks, further secondary outcomes measured by questionnaires after 6, 12, 26 and 52 weeks each are the Neck Disability Index (NDI), the visual analogue scale for perceived pain (VAS, 0-100mm), the SF-12 health related quality of life, days of disability due to musculoskeletal pain, medication intake (analgesics) and inability to work due to musculoskeletal pain within the last 7 days, playing related disability, safety, cost and cost effectiveness. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMargit Cree
Institut f. Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie u. Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Outcome results
None listed