Towards an Objective Approach of traumatic and non-traumatic chronic neck pain

Towards an Objective Approach of traumatic and non-traumatic chronic neck pain - Rotterdam Neck Study (RNS)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON36540

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-11

Start date

2011-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

stoornissen van het houdings- en bewegingsapparaat traumatic and non-traumatic chronic neck pain

Interventions

In the present therapy protocol of the Spine & Joint Centre, cognitive behavioural principles are applied to stimulate patients to adopt adequate behaviour aimed at physical recovery. The program, w

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects are included if the they have chronic non-traumatic neck pain or chronic neck pain due to a trauma (e.g. whiplash associated disorders). All of the subjects with neck pain have admission to join the therapy in the Spine & Joint Centre. Only adults (both males and females) under 60 years of age will be included. Subjects should be physically able to undergo COR, VOR and OKR measurements (sitting in a chair for 30 min; biting on a bite-board; staying comfortabel in a dark room). Vision should be good enough to be able to trace a laser dot on a dark background without glasses. Likewise, they should be able of understanding and filling in the questionnaire and giving informed consent. The subjects within the control group should have no complaints of the cervical spine at all. All subjects, except the ones selected for the traumatic group, should have no history of a car accident.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects should not use medication that influences alertness or balance (e.g. benzodiazepines, barbiturates), they should not suffer from any neurological disorder and have no vestibular problems. All subjects with a history of a neck trauma unlike due to a car accident are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary study parameter is the gain (ratio between eye and stimulus movement) of the cervico-ocular reflex (COR), the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and the optokinetic reflex (OKR) in three different groups before and after an intervention. In addition, the relation to the age of the patient will be taken into account, because the gain of the COR increases with age.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary study parameters are: 1. Active cervical range of motion (CROM device), Joint position error after active rotation of the cervical spine (customized camera setup) 2. Different questionnaires: • Neck Disability Index (Dutch version) (Vernon and Mior, 1991) • Short Form Health Survey (SF 36) (dutch) (Ware and Sherbourne, 1992) • EuroQol-instrument (Dutch Version) (EQ-5D) • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 3. Stroop test, Trail making test (version A and B) 4. Saccadic eye movements	—

Measure

Time frame

The secondary study parameters are: 1. Active cervical range of motion (CROM device), Joint position error after active rotation of the cervical spine (customized camera setup) 2. Different questionnaires: • Neck Disability Index (Dutch version) (Vernon and Mior, 1991) • Short Form Health Survey (SF 36) (dutch) (Ware and Sherbourne, 1992) • EuroQol-instrument (Dutch Version) (EQ-5D) • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 3. Stroop test, Trail making test (version A and B) 4. Saccadic eye movements

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)