Neck Pain
Conditions
Interventions
This is a single-blind randomized controlled clinical study in relation to the evaluator and therapist and with two intervention groups. Ninety-four participants between 18 and 65 years of age who hav
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between eighteen and sixty-five years; both sexes; neck pain lasting three months or longer, non-specific (no known causes), with or without irradiation; presence of pain at rest and/or during active cervical movements with a score greater than or equal to three on the Numerical Pain Scale; and score greater than or equal to ten on the Neck Disability Index
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Signs of radiculopathy in the upper limbs (loss of muscle strength in the myotome, sensory loss in the dermatomes and/or changes in reflexes); whiplash-associated disorder; cervicogenic headache; fibromyalgia; pregnancy; history of trauma; cervical fractures or surgeries; cervical-related rheumatic inflammatory diseases; neurological; tumors and/or medical contraindication to practice physical exercise; physiotherapy or cervical infiltration in the last three months; starting some physical activity in the last two weeks; use of analgesics, use of anti-inflammatories or muscle relaxants in the twenty-four hours prior to the evaluation
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess the pain intensity through the numerical pain scale and pressure pain threshold through a digital algometer in local and remote points to the neck in the 6-month follow-up, temporal summation through the digital algometer with 10 consecutive stimuli and interval of 1 second between them, conditioned pain modulation through algometry as a test stimulus and bucket with cold water at 4ºC as a conditioning stimulus, disability through the Neck Disability Index questionnaire, level of physical activity through the Baecke Physical Activity questionnaire, global perception of change through the Global Perception of Change Scale and adherence to exercises through a recording diary after 8 weeks of intervention and at the 6-month follow-up. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess pain intensity through numerical pain scale and pressure pain threshold through a digital algometer in local and remote points to the neck after 8 weeks intervention and exercise-induced hypoalgesia (acute effect) through a digital algometer before and immediately after an exercise at baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGiovanna Antonio
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Outcome results
None listed