Relationship Between Musculoskeletal, Sensorimotor and Functional Factors and Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02789631

Enrollment

232

Registered

2016-06-03

Start date

2015-10-31

Completion date

2017-04-30

Last updated

2017-05-08

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Conditions

Neck Pain

Brief summary

Several factors have been associated with neck pain. Controversy exists regarding the degree of association between some of these factors and neck pain. Information regarding the degree of association of each factor to neck pain is needed for effective prevention and appropriate treatment strategies. The aim of this study is to investigate the association among musculoskeletal, sensorimotor factors and functional disability and occurrence of chronic nonspecific neck pain.

Interventions

OTHERassessment

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* for subjects with neck pain: experiencing pain for at least 3 months in the last year, having pain score of 3 or more on visual analogue scale. * for healthy subjects: no history of neck pain

Exclusion criteria

* history of cervical discopathy * any surgery on neck * traumatic neck injury * any congenital disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
flexor and extensor cervical muscles holding time (second)	2 years
cervical, back, lowback, upper limbs, lower limbs muscles and trunk maximal contraction force against resistance (N)	2 years
head inclination angle, lumbar and thoracic angles in sagittal plane and thoracic angle in the coronal plane (degrees)	2 years
pelvic inclination in the sagittal and coronal planes (degrees)	2 years
cervical, back, low back, upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk range of motion in sagittal and coronal planes (degrees)	2 years
cervical re-positioning error (degrees)	2 years
the result of Dixhallpike test (positive or negative for vertigo and nystagmus)	2 years
neck disability questionnaire score	2 years
distance between T2 spinous process and spine of the scapula (cm)	2 years
the difference between chest circumference at xiphoid process, axillary and umbliqus levels in the inhalation and exhalation phases of respiration (cm)	2 years
the result of the Romberg test (seconds)	2 years
the result of the upper cervical flexion with rotation test (positive/negative)	2 years
the result of the Gaze test (positive/negative)	2 years
pain reproduction test by the algometer at 2.5 kg pressure level (positive/negative)	2 years
visual analogue scale score	2 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical, back, low back, upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk range of motion in sagittal and coronal planes with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical, back, low back, upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk range of motion in sagittal and coronal planes with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of the difference between chest circumference at xiphoid process, axillary and umbliqus levels in the inhalation and exhalation phases of respiration with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of the difference between chest circumference at xiphoid process, axillary and umbliqus levels in the inhalation and exhalation phases of respiration with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of distance between T2 spinous process and spine of the scapula with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of distance between T2 spinous process and spine of the scapula with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical re-positioning error with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical re-positioning error with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of Romberg test with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of Romberg test with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of pelvic inclination in the sagittal and coronal planes with neck disability index score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of pain reproduction test by the algometer at 2.5 kg pressure level with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of pain reproduction test by the algometer at 2.5 kg pressure level with neck disability index score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of the upper cervical flexion with rotation test with neck disability index score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of the upper cervical flexion with rotation test with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of Dixhallpike test with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of Dixhallpike test with neck disability index score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of Gaze test with neck disability index score	2 years
Spearman correlation coefficient of the result of Gaze test with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of the cervical muscles holding time with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of the cervical muscles holding time with neck disability index questionnaire score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical, back, lowback, upper limbs, lower limbs muscles and trunk maximal contraction force against resistance with neck disability index questionnaire score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of cervical, back, lowback, upper limbs, lower limbs muscles and trunk maximal contraction force against resistance with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of head inclination angle, lumbar and thoracic angles in sagittal plane and thoracic angle in the coronal plane with visual analogue scale score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of head inclination angle, lumbar and thoracic angles in sagittal plane and thoracic angle in the coronal plane with neck disability index score	2 years
Pearson correlation coefficient of pelvic inclination in the sagittal and coronal planes with visual analogue scale score	2 years

Countries

Iran

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026