The effect of 8 weeks of an exercise battery including stretching, isometric and strengthening exercises on non-specific chronic neck pain

The effect of 8 weeks of an exercise battery including stretching, isometric and strengthening exercises on the disability, quality of life, pressure pain intensity and threshold of female employees with non specific chronic neck pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20201030049193N5

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-18

Start date

2024-05-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-22

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Conditions

Chronic non-specific neck pain.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: After the pre-tests, they will be entered the training phase. The exercises in this training intervention includes stretching, isometric and strengthening exercises

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

30 Years to 55 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age range from 30 to 55 years A female employee of Amol city offices Having general health Having chronic neck pain: it means pain that has been going on for three months and has no specific cause.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a regular history of sports and championships Having background and joint diseases Using any kind of medicine or pain reliever and treatment strategy to solve neck pain problems People who are suspected or infected with Corona History of neck surgery Uncontrolled heart disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Intensity of pain. Timepoint: Pre-test (before the start of the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: Pain intensity variable is measured by visual pain intensity measurement scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Disability. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: Persian neck disability index questionnaire will be used to evaluate functional disability in daily activities.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: The short form of the health survey questionnaire will be used to evaluate the quality of life in daily activities.;Pressure pain threshold. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: Digital dynamometer will be used for 3-point pain threshold test, pressure pain test and 36-point pain threshold test.	—

Measure

Time frame

Disability. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: Persian neck disability index questionnaire will be used to evaluate functional disability in daily activities.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: The short form of the health survey questionnaire will be used to evaluate the quality of life in daily activities.;Pressure pain threshold. Timepoint: Pre-test (before starting the study) and post-test (at the end of the study). Method of measurement: Digital dynamometer will be used for 3-point pain threshold test, pressure pain test and 36-point pain threshold test.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMahdi Hosseinzadeh

Sport Sciences Research Institute of Iran

Metti@ssrc.ac.ir+98 21 8852 9121

Outcome results

None listed

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