Randomised, controlled, multicenter, pilot study comparing qigong and back school for elderly patients with chronic neck pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN77101807

Enrollment

120

Registered

2006-05-23

Start date

2006-03-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Chronic neck pain Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Chronic neck pain

Interventions

Patients are randomized into the qigong and back school exercise groups (each 24 sessions of 45 min over a period of three months)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age =55 years of age 2. Chronic neck pain (duration >6 months) 3. Average pain during the last 7 days before randomisation =20 mm on 100 mm VAS 4. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Serious acute or chronic disease which would not allow the exercises to be performed 2. Planned start of physiotherapy for chronic neck pain during study participation 3. Participation in another study during the last 6 months before study entry

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain measured on the VAS (visual analogue scale) after three months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Neck pain (Neck Pain and Disability Scale, Wheeler) 2. Depression (Depression Scale, Hautzinger) 3. Quality of life (Short-form Questionnaire-36 [SF-36], Bullinger) 4. Frequency of falls and anxiety to fall 5. Sleep quality and satisfaction 6. Overall treatment effect (OTE) (Wiklund)	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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