The Correlation Between Central Conduction Time and Central Pain Syndrome in Chronic Neck Pain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07698691

Enrollment

120

Registered

2026-07-13

Start date

2026-07-10

Completion date

2026-09-01

Last updated

2026-07-13

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Conditions

Chronic Neck Pain

Keywords

Central Conduction Time, Central Pain Syndrome, Chronic Neck Pain

Brief summary

To investigate the neurophysiological relationship between Central Conduction Time measured via Somatosensory evoked potentials and pain intensity in individuals suffering from chronic neck pain

Detailed description

The explicit lack of direct studies linking Central conduction time to Central pain syndrome in Chronic neck pain, coupled with strong evidence for central sensitization as a key mechanism in CNP and the defining characteristic of CPS, points to a significant diagnostic gap. Somatosensory evoked potential serves as a valuable neurophysiological marker for the structural integrity and conduction velocity of central neural pathways, its direct relationship to the functional dysregulation seen in central pain syndrome in the context of chronic neck pain has not been explicitly established.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Participants aged 18-35 years. * Normal Body Mass Index (BMI) less than 25 kg/m2. * Both genders were included. * having chronic neck pain lasting for more than three months.

Exclusion criteria

* signs of serious pathology (e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection). * history of cervical spine surgery. * history of trauma or fractures in the cervical spine. * presence of vascular syndromes such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Chronic Neck Pain	at the begining of assessment	Chronic Neck Pain measured using visual analogue scale

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Central Conduction Time	at the begining of assessment only.	Central Conduction Time measured in milliseconds using Electromyography device (Neuro-EMG-Micro/4, Neurosoft, Russia)

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

CONTACTSalah Eid Ahmed Ali, Assistant Lecturer

salaheid07@gmail.com+201158125773

Outcome results