Neck Pain
Conditions
Keywords
hot pack, exercise, ultrasound therapy
Brief summary
In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of heat therapies and neck stabilization exercises on pain, disability, range of motion, and mood of NP patients.
Detailed description
Chronic non-specific neck pain (NP) has become one of the main causes of disability in the adult population around the world.Several treatment options used like; exercise, manual therapy, electrotherapy, and hot treatments etc. In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of heat therapies and neck stabilization exercises on pain, disability, range of motion, and mood of NP patients.100 patients with NP will be included.Patients will be randomyl assigned to 4 groups and will receive a total of 3 weeks of treatment. Patients' pain levels (visual analogoue scale VAS), quality of life (short form 36), mood (Beck deppression inventory BDI), range of motion, and neck disability index were evaluated prior to treatment, at 6th and at 12th weeks.
Interventions
OTHERneck stabilization exercise (nse)
neck stabilization exercise (nse)- exercise
OTHERNSE + HOT PACK THERAPY
NSE + HOT PACK THERAPY- exercise plus heat therapy
OTHERNSE + infrared therapy
NSE + infrared therapy- exercise plus heat therapy
OTHERNSE + ultrasound therapy
NSE + ultrasound therapy exercise plus heat therapy
Sponsors
Hilal Yeşil
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Patients with chronic neck pain
Exclusion criteria
* sensory deficit on neck area, servical disc pathologies, neurological deficit, malignity, secondary causes for neck pain, active inflammation, arthritis on the neck area, serious mental health problems, pregnancy, spine surgery, and having received treatment to the cervical region in the last 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change from baseline VAS (visual analog scale) at 6th and 12th week | up to 12 weeks | The patients were asked to make an assesment of their pain level between 0 and 10 scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline quality of life (short form 36) at 6th and 12th week | up to 12 weeks | The physical and mental health summary scores were the primary components used. Scoring is on a scale of 0 to 100 and a higher score reflects better health-related quality of life. |
| Change from baseline shoulder range of motion (ROM) at 6th and 12th week | up to 12 weeks | The patients' joint range of motion will be measured with a goniometer. |
| Change from baseline Beck depression inventory (BDI) at 6th and 12th week | up to 12 weeks | A total Beck score (0-63) is obtained by giving each question a score of 0-3 in the survey. 17 is considered the threshold value for the degree of depression. |
| Change from baseline neck disability index (NDI) at 6th and 12th week | up to 12 weeks | Patient-completed, condition-specific functional status questionnaire with 10 items including pain, personal care, lifting, reading, headaches, concentration, work, driving, sleeping and recreation. The NDI has sufficient support and usefulness to retain its current status as the most commonly used self-report measure for neck pain |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed