Impact Of Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises In Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Impact of Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises on Ventilatory Measures in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07132229

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-20

Start date

2025-08-10

Completion date

2026-02-01

Last updated

2025-08-20

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Conditions

Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Keywords

neck pain, cervical pain, High-Intensity Resistive Exercises

Brief summary

Purposes of the study To investigate the effect of adding Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises to conventional physical therapy in patients with Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Detailed description

Patients will be randomized into either Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises group or Conventional physical therapy group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Interventions

OTHERCervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises

The patient will wear a neck harness, and a weight equivalent to 90% of the patient's measured maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) will be attached to it.

OTHERConventional physical therapy

Conventional physical therapy consisting of TENS for pain control, soft tissue release for the cervical and associated muscles, activation and strengthening exercises for the deep neck flexors, extensors, and scapular muscles, as well as diaphragmatic breathing exercises.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Thirty-four patients diagnosed CNSNP. 2. Age of the patients between 20-40 years. 3. Non-specific neck pain started more than 3 months. 4. Reduce ventilatory function; FVC \>= 70% from predicted. 5. Waist to height ratio (WtHR)\> 60 %. 6. Positive craniocervical flexion test. 7. Positive neck flexor endurance test. 8. Pain at neck after prolonged static weight bearing positions. 9. Pain with palpation of the neck paraspinal or suboccipital or trapezius muscles.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of whiplash injury. 2. Clinical sign of cervical radiculopathy. 3. Clinical signs of cervical myelopathy. 4. Rheumatoid Arthritis or any other autoimmune diseases. 5. Any respiratory disorders. 6. Tumors. 7. vertebrobasilar insufficiency VBI.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Disability	Change from Baseline Disability at 6 weeks	Neck disability index (NDI)
Diaphragm thickness	Change from Baseline Diaphragm thickness at 6 weeks	Ultrasound
Forced vital capacity (FVC)	Change from Baseline Forced vital capacity (FVC) at 6 weeks	Spirometry
maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV)	Change from maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) at 6 weeks	Spirometry

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Neck pain	Change from Baseline Neck pain at 6 weeks	Visual analogue scale
Strength of neck flexors, extensors, and side bending	Change from Baseline Strength of neck flexors, extensors, and side bending at 6 weeks	Hand-held dynamometer (HHD)

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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